SABACHTHANI was formed in 1999, for a while the group only composed some songs to make more known in the metal environment of Mexico, thus achieving a Melodic Death Metal of great power. In recent years, the band returned to the studio (2019) to record the new production "Beyond the Dark Sea", after a long delay the album comes out in 2020. The album contains ten tracks.

"Lost Souls" opens the album. It begins with charming piano notes, leading to a distorted riff and harsh vocals. The rhythm section is kind of thin here, and the production is murky. As with a lot of bands in this genre, they have the Death Metal sound down pat, but not so much the Melodic side of things. "Moon Reflection" begins with some harmonic clean guitars, but again, that rhythm section needs thickening up quite a bit. As it is, it's thin and one-dimensional. "Sad Wake Up" confirms that this album will suffer in its role for the remainder of the album. It's a disappointment, but what can you do?

"Resurging from the Depths" brings more of the same to the table...re-hashed riffs and one-dimensional vocals...though they are earnest, they are also bordering on the annoying side, as are the harmonized leads. "Trip Without Return" is again, more of the same. I am quite surprised that this is a veteran act. It's almost as if they threw together some lightly seasoned riffs with some harmonic leads, and allow the singer just to sing what he wants. It's uninspired, and uncreative. I'm also surprised that the band has been around since 1999, and not killed off by natural selection.

"Dark Sea" features a slightly faster pace, but the sound remains the same. This is getting old rather quickly. "Perfect Opportunity" picks right back up where the previous track let off...it sounds like a continuation of it rather than a new song. The band has just got to get off this formulated songwriting and break out on their own. "Circle of Tyrants" closes the album, with nearly the same sound as the other tracks. Many, I am tired of saying that, but I wish the band was as tired as I was and did something about that.

As I mentioned earlier, bands in this genre often fall into the trap of heavy on the Death Metal side, but seem to forget the Melodic part of the genre, save for some harmonic clean guitars. I would expect a veteran act like this to have worked through that trap, but they haven't seemed to...it's a matter of being willing not to remain stagnant in the Metal world, which they seem to be. No clean vocals only adds to the lack of diversity. It's a soft pass for me.