Baltimore’s Anubis Unbound, a metalcore/melodic death metal band, released their first full length last year in the form of Through Cursed Eyes. This is the first I have heard from this outfit, and one thing I am very happy to hear is a lack of deathcore in their music. While Through Cursed Eyes isn’t “old school” by any stretch of the imagination, it’s certainly an album that doesn’t pander to what all the kids consider all the rage these days. However, what Anubis Unbound does supply is ample amounts of not so original metalcore and melodic death riffs circa 2004, and that really isn’t anything to brag about.

Through Cursed Eyes is essentially an album of rehashed riffs from riffs that were rehashed from original melodic death metal riffs. Get all that? Stick with me now! Anubis Unbound means well, but the music they create isn’t going to get them anywhere, let’s be honest here. In addition to all too familiar riffs, the vocalist Justin Severn is not very good mixing nu-metal with death metal growling, and perhaps most apparent is the band’s lack of ability to stay together! At the very least, a band needs to be tight, and all too often Through Cursed Eyes drops the ball.

I just don’t see how this album can be marketed. This sound was a fad, and like any fad, it fades. Anubis Unbound is trying to identify with a fading identity.

BLASPHEMY!

Similar Artists: Lamb of God, The Autumn Offering, Diecast,

1.    Constant Pressure
2.    Love, Lust, and Eternal Damnation
3.    Beyond Broken
4.    A Single Rose
5.    Last Day of Darkness
6.    Distorted
7.    Love Avenged
8.    When Innocence Dies
9.    Mo(u)rning Song (Bass Instrumental)

Justin Severn – Vocals
Brian “Ziggy” Smith – Guitar
Ryan Plunkett – Bass
Tony Marley – Drums
Jarred Sleeth – Guitar

Self Released

http://www.myspace.com/anubismetal

Review by CODY