Probably one of Tuomas Saukkonen's better projects, which makes it all the more unfortunate that we never got any successive material under the Dawn of Solace moniker. This finds a nice, accessible balance between Before the Dawn and Swallow the Sun (Hope), I think I even sense a touch of Agalloch in there. Yet rather than feeling disjointed, the vision is surprisingly unified and committed, ensuring we get a consistently supply of stellar material that, for the most part, avoids overstaying its welcome.
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