"Hymns from the Deep" is an exploration of the dark depths of Moria from J.R.R. Tolkien's venerated The Lord of the Rings. The lyrics are one long epic poem written by Myrddin Evans, based on the chapter 'The Bridge of Khazad Dum' from The Fellowship of the Ring. This spans across the tracks of the album which musically draws influence from Funeral Doom, Death Metal, Black Metal and Dark Ambient. Their debut album contains five tracks.

"Stones of Sorrow" leads off the album. It begins with soft chanting, and bell strikes. A deep, foul voice accompanies a lumbering harsh guitar riff. Through the first half of the track, I hear mainly Doom Metal. Some harmonized guitars join in and the rhythm begins to pick up a bit, and there is a slow fade-out through the end. "The Forsaken Place" begins with a lumbering and harrowing riff and deadly vocals. There is also some background ambiance which thickens up the sound. Some more vocal chants come in with echoes, simulating the cavernous city of Moria. The pace quickens at the half-way mark, and the sound rises...something gives speed to the subject. It relaxes again from there and through completion of the song.

"Mountainous Structures" is the oddball track, clocking in at only four minutes in length. Here is where the Dark Ambient elements come on with the album, as the song is nearly entirely atmospheric. "Monstrous Flesh" begins with another lumbering pace and deep, dark, and venomous vocals. The vocals rise and fall among the wide open spaces occupied by the guitar riffs. This song simulates a great and lengthy battle between two giant foes. "Transmuted" closes the album. The deep voice awakens and echoes with the legends of ages. Lead guitars enter, anguished and tired. It ends on an impossibly sad note, of course.

Though the sound and backstory are really quite enchanting, if you are a Tolkien fan like myself, the music can be redundant over the course of the album. One or two tracks like this would have made for a nice change of pace on a Doom Metal album, but five in a row wore on me after a while. Still, it is a worthy album with a unique sound that I think any Doom fan would gladly consume.