6 \/ 10<\/span><\/p>\nWhen the whole world laughed at American Black Metal in the 90s, of course, it wasn't HAVOHEJ or ABSU that was meant, but such bands. Even in the first half of the 2000s, when you heard \u201cBlack Metal from the USA\u201d, you could, without listening, say for fact that it was Death Metal with a thin sound, cheap but infinitely pretentious keyboards, and horribly lame vocals. FROM THE DEPTHS is exactly all this. It cannot be said that the album (actually a collection of two demo recordings) is completely hopeless; here, in particular, there are beautiful riffs, not the usual tremolo wankery, and at the best moments the music resembles VITAL REMAINS. However, it is difficult to perceive all this as anything more than an artifact from the past. The meaning of the reissue of the album on Hells Headbangers is quite easy to understand: Jim Sadist (NUNSLAUGHTER), who was a close friend of the label's owners and died prematurely just then, sings on these recordings. With the help of the reissue of \"From the Depths\", money was raised for worthy funerals for him.<\/p>\n