Then We Died are a band from Louisville, Kentucky that plays a mixture of black, death metal, crust and grindcore and this is a review of their self released 2024 demo "Broken Skull Opera".
A very distorted sound starts off the ep along with some spoken words a few seconds later before going into a heavier direction. Vocals are a mixture of black metal screams and death metal growls while the faster sections of the songs also add in a great amount of tremolo picking, blast beats and grindcore elements.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while the music is very heavily rooted in the 90's era. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style along with some of the riffing also adding in a small amount of melody.
Touches of crust and d beat can also be heard at times as well as one song also adding in a brief use of horror movie samples and they also bring in a Misfits cover which also shows the vocals adding in more of a punk style. The production sounds very old school while the lyrics cover horror and gore themes.
In my opinion Then We Died are a very great sounding mixture of black, death metal, crust and grindcore and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Scenes From A Macabre Landfill" and "Face Down in the Mud Covered With Blood". 8 out of 10.
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