Deep Inside
Dark Again

Debut released this year for Deep Inside, a quartet from Turkey (more precisely from Ankara) that offers slow and sparse Doom-metal.

The first track "Fade Away" immediately makes clear the genre we are facing; more particular is the title track with its initial soft arpeggios and the whispered "Tring Flames" that seems to never start, but then transforms into the fastest track of the entire album and, in my opinion, the most complete. The intro of the third track "Unknown Cause" is also very beautiful, where rain serves as a backdrop to a melancholic guitar arpeggio and the voice appears for the first time in clean and, in my opinion, is better appreciated than previously, also in the continuation of the track, which alternates thrash outbursts with pauses including a flute.

In "Created Hell", the Cafer-Okutan duo is appreciated for the good intertwining of powerful and melodic guitars, while Yucel's drumming is not up to par, overshadowed by the other instruments in some passages. Convincing "Daydream", which shows influences of Anathema, and also "Judas Kiss" which concludes this "Dark Again" with its faint and very slow melodies that disappear, leaving space for a heart-wrenching and heavy finale.

The songs are all about 7-8 minutes long, and they still remain at a good level without ever descending into monotony, even though some tracks are a bit repetitive at times, such as "Deadlife".

In my opinion, however, a good debut album, which gives hope for the subsequent work, maybe with some more accelerations and with a more convincing vocal setup in the growl of singer and bassist Alpago Aydin.