After The Burial were one of those bands I'd heard years ago but disregarded. I listened to their debut full-length, Forging A Future Self, and wasn't all that impressed... though admittedly, at the time I didn't listen to any deathcore, and I've come to appreciate it a little more since then. It showed a lot of promise, but wasn't very consistent. It had its moments, but not frequently enough to successfully reel me in.
Then recently I saw In Dreams going cheap, figured "yeah why not, I'll give 'em another shot", and then kicked myself for misjudging them so drastically. Less death metal riffing, more melody and an increase of mathy djentish chug goodness has resulted in an incredible and solid album, chock full of soaring, layered, epic guitarwork - it brings the best elements and ideas of their debut forward and fleshes them out into entire songs.
In DreamsReleased: 2010
Country: USA
Genre: Melodic Deathcore/Math Metal
"Your Troubles Will Cease..." music video
"My Frailty"
FFO: Circle of Contempt, The Contortionist, Born of Osiris
