These Cleveland punks go after it for 50-plus minutes through a muddy mix for half the album, which never peaks beyond the wide mid-range plodding out of the speakers. Vocally, the deathly muffled sound is chosen over rawness. Some of these tunes, though, have grooves too cool to ignore, like the deep dirty riffs in the title track and "Nemesis," where the sonics start to show a little separation, making the song heavier. The vocal trade-off in the chorus is real cool.
"Valley of Salt" is a cool adaptation of Psalm 69. As far as hardcore attitude is concerned, it's all found in "Homeless," a bold self declaration that the members of Six Feet Deep don't call this nation or this world home. It's full of sin and shame and they are citizens of a better place yet to come. This bleeds of the no-compromise, Biblical attitude that can't be dismissed with a wink, cause there's too much conviction behind it. Yeah! "Land of the Blind" has as much power in its ink as its music too. It grasps the pain of going against the grain.
Six Feet Deep packs a real hard punch.
Other coverage for this album
Dead Zine 2002Reviewed by D_ListerI denied hardcore for a long long time. I refused to listen to it basing my thoughts erroneously on the single fact that if it came from punk it's going to sound like punk. Six Feet Deep showed me that hardcore could be so much more. It was this album Struggle that brought me some of my best hardcore music ever. From the moment this CD takes off with the song 'Angry Son' (for me this song is my…Dead Zine 2002Reviewed by NecRoSarXI don't know if I would consider this hardcore per se. Sixfeetdeep has more of a heavy groove to them than the usual run of the mill hardcore out there today. The hardcore sensibilities are there, especially in the lyrics and vocal delivery. Let's just say Struggle is really, really heavy in the Godsmack and Pantera region. All attempts at pigeonholing aside, let me explain why Struggle spends a…Salt #24Reviewed by RoadrunnerI guess the term hardcore fits here. It reminds me a bit of Entombed occasionally but without the fury or creativity. Myk Porter adequately uses his throat to deliver a message powerfully. In "Angry Son" he seeks deliverance from the anger brought on from many years of being stomped into the ground face down. People wonder how Christians can mix with hardcore. S.F.D. calls for people to get real…Similar sounding releases
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