Guitar screeching and painful screams in "Souls of Elimination" suggest there is a certain nu-metal and alternative element thrown into their music, but still, this is miles away from Deftones and Funeral for a Friend. _Tidelines_ is a waste of time, through and through -- song after song of pretentious noise and cliché chords, structures and lyrics. "First Blood", "Two Steps (For a New Revolution)" and especially the cello and piano backed ballad "Fading" were obviously meant to be touching displays of artistic sensitivity, but are, in fact, awful cheese.

Painfully predictable and totally unnecessary, I'm afraid.