Depleted are a solo project from Portland, Oregon that has been featured before in this zine and plays a mixture of harsh noise and funeral doom/death metal and this is a review of their 2021 ep "Onus" which was released by Nailbat Tapes.
Dark soundscapes start off the ep along with some clean playing a few seconds later while elements of harsh noise are also utilized at times. The slower and heavier sections of the music are also very heavily rooted in funeral doom metal along with the riffs also adding in a decent amount of dark sounding melodies.
All of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them while the vocals are mostly deep death metal growls. Both of the tracks are also very long and epic in length along with the solos and leads also being done in a very dark and melodic style as well as the screams also adding in touches of black metal when they are utilized and the second track is a cover of Nick Cave's "The Mercy Seat" which also adds in a brief use of spoken word samples and the whole recording also sticks to a slower direction.
On this recording Depleted remAins true to the mixture of harsh noise and funeral doom/death metal that he had established on his previous release. The production sounds very dark and heavy while the lyrics cover dark and depressive themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Depleted and if you are a fan of harsh noise and funeral doom/death metal, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Onus". 8 out of 10.
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