A brother in metal advised me to listen to A Lower Deep because he was sure I would love it. Because I never ignore some good advice I listened to the mp3’s on their website, www.alowerdeep.com and it only took a few seconds to be convinced. This American trio invited some unknown guest musicians to record this second album. Yes, a second album and their debut (besides the demo), "Parabel of the thorn" was some strong US power metal. A Lower Deep progressed a lot with "Trinity" and they created some impressive pieces of metal. They took the challenge to use a grunt as backing vocals and the voice of a young girl. Actually they don’t need this because their music is varied and emotional enough, listen for example to the beautiful child voice in the "A grief observed" song. The basics are some technical power and midtempo thrash metal with some amazing and impressive guitar solos. Billy Mullican’s voice is made for this kind of music, clean and powerful. Don’t expect some happy tunes; the songs are melodic with difficult riffs and vocal lines, supported by some awesome double bass drums. It takes some time to get into this kind of music but I can assure you it’s all worth it. When I listen to this band I hear Antithesis, New Eden, the superb debut of Spirit Web, even Manilla Road or Tourniquet. Do you need something more? For me A Lower Deep is a serious candidate to be at the top of my personal top 10 of 2005.