Review Summary: A shining example of brilliance and perfection.
Clearly these guys did their homework in the genius department. Easily showing up anyone that makes an attempt at harmonic death metal with quick to the point perfection. Combining the sound of In Flames and The Faceless, this a very complex and amazing work of art that you will want to listen to again, and again, and again.
Hoping to keep things easy I'll just go over the basics. Insanely fast yet audible drumming: Check. Guitar riffs that guaranteed to make you sit back in awe: Check. Hell, even keyboards (yes, that is correct) that make you sit back in awe: As you guessed by now, check. Although perfect instrumentals aren't all this work sent down from the gods has to offer. It also has something added on that makes this experience even better. My good reader, this album has an audible bass guitar. A jewel not commonly found in harmonic death metal or death metal at all really. On the track "Sunless Rise" there is brief, but amazing bass solo that just feels all too awesome coming from this album. Also this has perfect flow. Since this album kicks off with a relentlessly fast track (titled "Nothing to Save) and even continuing on to the second one with the same speed, the album calms down a little on "Lost Path". This gave my ears a rest before next track, "Sunless Rise" began. This is a more moderately paced track up until the last minute of the song. Where it just goes all over the place with its guitar work, drumming, and keyboards, just tearing through every last bit of your face until there's nothing left to shred.
When listening to the instruments I couldn't help but notice, "Hey, these guys REALLY did their homework." You can tell there was a lot of time and effort put into simply mixing and mastering this, as it is so eargasmically perfect in how every single instrument and vocal portion are brought out separately, but all as one big piece. The drumming is crystal clear, the guitars fantastically clear, as I mentioned earlier the bass is clear, and the vocals feel like you're in a live show. Especially when the clean vocals come on in "Nothing to Save".
I cannot fault this album in any way and hope that this wonderful band puts out more releases like this in the near future. I'm buying and everyone else should too.
