Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Shallow Grave - The Fields (2009)

Cost: $1.00
This CD is available for trade.
 
Low expectations going in on this one.  I was expecting deathcore based on the logo and songtitles, and in hindsight, that may have been preferable... The band pic is very unflattering, with the members decked out in odd costuming (such as spiked respirator style masks) more appropriate for an industrial/cyber black metal/cybergoth group. Sadly, this mixes all of the worst heavy music trends of the last 30 years, primarily nu-metal and chugging -core, with groove metal style aggro vocals. Not something I'd consider to be metal and not of much interest to me.  The last track is a minimalist ballad with flamenco-style guitar playing, and I liked it the most just for giving me a break from the toughguy vocals and bouncy rap stuff.

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