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.