The fact that NFD were formed by former members of Fields Of
The Nephilim goes some way to describing the style of songs
the band have produced on Deeper Visions, their third
album. This release includes six new songs, a couple of
remixes and some videos, which should help new fans discover
some of the band’s earlier work.
The CD starts well with ‘When The Sun Dies’ showing that the
band can put together a dark catchy goth song. The song has
a similar feel to bands like The Sisters Of Mercy, The
Mission and Fields Of The Nephilim, as expected. However it
also brings in a certain Finnish rock sound, possibly due to
singer Peter White sounding somewhat similar to
Sentenced/Poisonblack frontman Ville Laihiala. ‘Move In
Closer’ starts off with some good guitar grooves over the
top of some synth, the end result being akin to HIM going a
bit disco and, although the vocals sound that bit out of
place with the tempo of the song, it actually works quite
well.
Following this are several slower songs. Of the four ‘Let
It Rain and ‘Never Let This Die’ are that bit too dull and
repetitive, while ‘The Unforgiven’ sounds like it needs to
kick in on numerous occasions. Although ‘Senses Alive’
brings things back to life slightly with its 80s goth feel
things aren't helped by the poor sound quality with
crackling running throughout the length. The CD finishes
with remixes of ‘When The Sun Dies’ and, from the Dead Pool
Rising album, ‘Caged’. Why there is a need to remix a song
that was good enough initially is a whole separate debate,
but NFD have felt the need to do so and these two tracks
actually inject some venom into the album with the former
certainly sounding like Mortiis has got his hands on it. The
inclusion of the videos helps to make the CD an attractive
package and introduces some more older NFD into the mix with
songs from Dead Pool Rising along with ‘Unleashed’ from the
Break The Silence EP being served up. For all that though
Deeper Visions never quite has the impact that you wish it
would have, sure NFD can write some really good songs but
overall the whole affair seems to lack that killer punch.
