Deafening Sound

Nobody's more bored with deathcore than I am. Trust me. Day in and day out, I get kids asking me if I've heard of the newest deathcore band, "they sound kinda like The Red Chord or Job For A Cowboy...you'll love them, check them out." It gets really old, really fast. Mostly because anyone worth his salt in music knowledge knows that pretty much every single one of these deathcore bands is simply a combination of Internal Bleeding and Cast From Eden. (Never heard of either one? Go look them up. You're welcome.) So when an original deathcore band comes along, I rejoice. Because I'll admit I love death metal...and I really love breakdowns. So it only stands to reason and modern physics that if a is good and b is good a + b = the shit.
Enter From The Shallows, a deathcore band "recommended for fans of The Red Chord and Job For A Cowboy" ...but slightly more impressive than a lot of the other bands bearing such a label. These guys have that special "it" factor about them, and it doesn't take a genius to see that they're going to be going places. With the typical guttural vocals in place, the band wanders through the wilderness of heavy, pummeling riffs, the occasional gang vocal singalong, breakdowns that will kill people, and drum parts that get my complex rhythm meter going off the deep end. Songs like "Icebox" and "Deadbolted Hell" show just how brutal and meanspirited these jams are, and it's all for the better. These guys kick, give it a whirl.