Ravened – From The Depths

Label: JONO
Release date: 07.08.2020

Swedish melodic death metal band from Jönköping, Ravened just released their debut called “From The Depths”.

It is a very good quality metal album for a debut and a new band so as soon as I´ve heard the promo, I was immediately drawn to listen to the whole record and write something on it. The sound and the style can be defined as Mdm that Sweden is famous for; however, the band has many influences that are permeated throughout the album. The album kicks off with the beast Blackened One. Once you hear that the attitude is right and you´re in for a good ride for a total of 12 songs. All killer, no fillers indeed! The record has its groove metal moments that can be noticed on the track False Conjunction, and also some Slipknot-y moments in vocals such as on Foul Deeds and Onyx.

My favorites ended up being the self-titled track From the Depths, the main riff calls to mind a very known Slayer riff. Also the track, Golden is an absolute banger. 7-min long track Denial almost had me fooled to be an instrumental piece and in the midst of the song, the vocals kick in to my surprise. This one has a few compartments and is quite layered. I totally dig that one.

Like I said earlier, I enjoyed all 12 tracks immensely and I definitely recommend this Ravened release to the fans of Swedish melodic death metal.

Line up:

Isac Wendel – Vocals, lyrics
Olle Liljegren – Guitar, arrangements
Willy Eriksson – Guitar
Simon Sahlqvist – Bass
Oliwer Svensson – Drums

Track list

1. Blackened One
2. Denial
3. False Conjunction
4. Foul Deeds
5. From The Depths
6. Golden
7. Onyx
8. Personal Universe
9. Stridsugglan
10. The Cunning
11. The Path
12. We’ll Rise

Links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ravenedofficial/
Official: https://ravenedofficial.com/