The Waters Deep Here

The Waters Deep Here is a small, instrumental band from Salt Lake City, UT that consists of Derk Brown on bass, Nathan Johnson on drums, and Zachary Alvey on guitar. Their first album, Sunden, exhibits an array of musical talent that crosses from dark metal to progressive to mellow and back again, but they're able to blend the sound in such a way that the listener is never felt confused or lost. In all their tracks, whether dark or light, there always seems to be something just under the surface, as if lying in wait, and this similarity connects the songs so that the listener can have his or her own personal experience. Without vocals or lyrics, each song is only referenced by a title, so they're completely up to the listener to interpret. Musically, they sound like a combination of Tool, ISIS and Coheed and Cambria. If you're a fan of prog rock or metal, you should give The Waters Deep Here a try.