Despite the incredibly emo title of this album, (as well as the name of the band), "Behind the Blackest Tear" is a solid metal album. The band classifies itself as sludge metal, but putting fuzz and tuning down your guitar does not make you sludge. The band is more along the lines of early Metallica or Pantera, not so much my cup of tea but I've never been a big fan of the other bands these guys were in, Crowbar, Down, and Hatebreed. It is well-written and features good production, but the lyrics are the epitome of metal stereotypes. I would like to evoke a term invented by a good friend of mine, VAG (Virginia Gentleman), and say this album is the "blurst" or basically a guilty pleasure. Saucy's Picks: "Enlightened to Extinction" is fun, the title track "Behind the Blackest Tear" features some cool, if borderline silly, riffs, and "From Heroes to Dust" invokes a sort of "Enter Sandman" mentality.
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