Wasn't terribly optimistic seeing as this was a Ferret/Siege of Amida release, but hey, it was only a buck. Lots of Swedish melodeath-inspired riffage here along with more typical deathcore material. At times they even flirt with more straightforward death metal, which it seemed like "Liath Loinneach" was going for at the beginning. Even though they're quite metallic, there's always a breakdown or some overly bouncy rhythms lurking around the corner. On the plus side, the vocals--raspy BM-style main vox and guttural secondary vox--are aggro free.
While the ratio of metal to core influences here and the solid vocals make this tolerable, it's just not that special. Even if they eliminated all of the core influences, they'd just be making generic melodeath or generic groovy death metal. Competent, but nothing here leaves much of an impression amongst scores of other bands. Not that bad for a dollar, but not something I'll be likely to revisit.
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