As far as being unique and carving your own niche in the overpopulated and too-often stale world of underground metal goes, Soilent Green lead the pack, creating a sound that can bring to mind vague influences only. On this, their third full-length, New Orleans' scariest take the impossible prog-grind-blues found on their last album, Sewn Mouth Secrets and... well, basically repeat it. So in that sense, A Deleted Symphony is a minor let down, these songs sounding like they could have been written and recorded in the same session as the band's last opus. However, when the songs are of this caliber, one can't complain, as one more trip down this rocky, twisty and dangerous path results in what will easily be one of my top five albums of 2001. Each of the ten songs found here contain a seemingly infinite amount of riffs, tempos and time changes, the band hardly ever repeating the same part over (verse/chorus/verse: forget about it). The southern rock influence remains, mixing in modern grind and mathcore influences as well (Blackfoot meets The Dillinger Escape Plan?). Listening to this evokes the same dropped jaw, glossed over eyes and vertigo that comes with those long nights trying to decipher Spastic Ink, Yes or Melt-Banana songs: it's really a bit much for those looking for an easy listen. But, there's always AC/DC for your easy listens, so while Soilent Green may teeter a bit to the extreme grind sound for some listeners, they are still worth checking out for anyone into new, talented and unique metal. All the drummers out there using triggers that make their drums sound like computers should put this one on for a reminder of what drums sound like, as the crystal clear production highlights the amazing drumming nicely. A solitary point is taken off for slight redundancy only: this album without any previous reference points would be a glaring 10.