There are millions of Swedish Death Metal oriented bands out there, I guess, but I only have a couple in mind coming from Greece. So after reading the band's bio (that also mentions some very interesting collaborations that took place for the recording of the promo), I decided to listen to the promo with an extra ear attached to the stereo.
Fallen Within formed back in 2003. They recorded their first Demo the same year, titled The Conqueror Worm, then the typical Greek lineup changes took place. Ok, the bio doesn't mention anything concerning live activity but that's not something new here in Athens, God, there are bands out there that have never played live for several serious (or not) reasons so Fallen Within deserve a break regarding this detail.
Well, does the promo indeed contain pretty good Swedish Death Metal music? The compositions are good, a bit stagnant but good. The addition of keyboards and clean vocals makes the listening much more interesting. The only problem I spotted was the fact that most of the times the compositions sounded a bit simple to my ears. They are definitely on a good road but they must spend more time to enrich their compositions with much more elements in order to make them strong in the test of time.
The production is definitely great for the Greek standards, to be honest I believe that it can proudly stand against huge budget productions from abroad. According to the band, these three compositions are a small part of material they have ready for recording. Well, I wait to see what a full length release from these lads can offer. Fans of the genre must check them out.