madfive my question is if you had any musical knowledge or background you would know this has NO ome roots whatsoever

There is definitely no grind on this record and very little brutality. What you get is kindof on the light side of hardcore/death with way too much screamo for my taste - sloppy slow drums, and vocals that break into whiney spoken-word too much. Some of the guitar melodies have a nice blackmetal feel that give the record a fairly epic tone despite the other emo influences. The album art-work is cool and zombie-related - almost worth the price of the record by itself if you're into this kind of stuff. Haven't had a chance to go thru the lyrics, but from the art and song-titles this seems like a fairly congruent concept-record that should stand on its own from an artistic standpoint despite its other shortcomings.