A bit underserved by very flat prod. More on the sludgey side than their prior output, with the occasional soloing that I notoriously don't like (it's mild though and obviously there is still a good sound overall). 1-2 have some nasty, evil riffage, but again underserved by prod and some compositions. The wild Flourishing ideas are a bit absent here but not entirely, eg the punkish acceleration midtrack on 2. 3 stands out as an extremely nasty and noisy kind of erratic track. It is more ambient than anything, a bit a la Agalloch's Scars of the Shattered Sky, but it is quite unique and I dug it, bringing this up a point. 3.0
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