FROM THE DEPTHS
Bereavement MLP BLACK

HELLS HEADBANGERS is proud to present a long-overdue reissue of FROM THE DEPTHS’ cult mini-album Bereavement on 12” vinyl format. Hailing from the fertile Cleveland metal scene, FROM THE DEPTHS were very much a product of the mid '90s. Existing between 1994 and 2000, FROM THE DEPTHS featured ex-Blood of Christ guitarist Matt Sorg (also of HELLS HEADBANGERS stalwarts SHED THE SKIN) and fittingly played a form of metal that was somewhere between blackened death and deathened black, depending on the song. In 2016, HELLS HEADBANGERS reissued the band’s self-titled debut album from 1996 on vinyl, and now the label turns its attention to another long-overdue reissue of FROM THE DEPTHS’ catalog: the four-song Bereavement mini-album from 1997. In many ways, Bereavement is an intensification of From the Depths. Here, FROM THE DEPTHS featured a retooled lineup - scene veteran Duane Morris (Decrepit, ex-EMBALMER, NUNSLAUGHTER, ex-Incantation et. al.) joined on bass, and Rob Molzan replaced one "Malcolm Judas Anthony" (AKA metal legend Jim Konya, RIP) on vocals - and the songwriting followed a similar schematic of crunch, twist, surge and stomp, all done with diabolical abandon but here with an even-more-epic flair. However, with the keyboards of Brian Boston taking a more prominent role, the guitars of Matt Sorg and Brian Bertam become both more blackened and more melodic, somehow finding a unique middle ground between the then-burgeoning melodic death metal movement and the contemporaneous Greek black metal scene. Thus, Bereavement emits an atmosphere both evil and otherworldly, but thankfully all buttressed by a very real METAL aspect. Arguably more so than its full-length predecessor, Bereavement is the kind of record that could've come out on the cult Unisound label. That alone should be recommendation enough for Those Who Know. Out of print for over 25 years on CD, FROM THE DEPTHS’ Bereavement at long last sees a reissue - on vinyl for the very first time ever. Remastered and featuring era-authentic layout, Bereavement should fittingly find a new generation of devotees - and hopefully, stir the memories of those diehards from back in the day.