'Feast' is well-crafted for sure, but ultimately it sounds so especially derivative of its band's
main influences that it's hard to truly give it any definition. It has riff work and vocal
approaches that are a dead-ring for The Black Dahlia Murder, it has solos that are lifted directly
from Necrophagist, and especially with one song literally being a Dissection cover, a handful of
black metal influences. When the band reaches out and abstracts their sound is where this album
shines, but it happens rarely, and can make for a very safe and unexciting listen. It's still a
solid second outing for the band, but you can't help but feel like by this point you should be
able to more easily describe the band's sound, and, unfortunately, you really can't.
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