This CD has quite a few great tracks on it, but it isn't a CD you can put on continues play and forget about hitting the next button. I would recommend this CD for those tracks that are amazing for the reason that they are some of the best songs I have listened to latley.

My current bands: As I Lay Dying, Caliban, Every Time I Die, End Well, It Dies Today. If you like these, you will like this CD.

I've heard of this band for some time now but never bought this CD. I had a chance to get it free so I took the opportunity. The first video I saw was for Endure and thought to myself not much there. I WAS WRONG. Most of the songs are metal with progressive metal more imagination of what Endure is. I STRESS the progressive because it is a big part of what they do. I feel they picked a wrong song (Endure) to have a video for. The song does not express their true nature. This is a good album though. Nothing new here but solid metal. Metal fans will like it for what it is.

Actually 4.5 *s. I really do love this album. It is infectious, technical, intense, and thoughtful. The music is outstanding in that it goes beyond the heavyiness that is contains, so I would put it as a progressive death-metalcore, if that makes sense. For those of you who say Christians should not preach with metal music, let me ask you this, why does it not bother you that Satanists or Odinists or even Ithyphallists can get away with preaching against Christians, but Christians can't do similarly? For you Christians who say no Christian should do metal, due to it's intensity, when the great triblulation comes, at God's hand, will that not be intense as well? Enough of my soapboxing. Again the album is great.

i enjoyed this cd- don't get me wrong, but I thought it wasnt as good as the first. I think part of it has to do with the production, the over the top progressive vocals (which i didnt like) and of course it was sooo short! Next time guys add a couple more songs!

Other than that you can expect some good shredding, lyrics, and drumming which has made this band what it is today.

I really hate reviews... Music is subjective in itself, so to offer a review is not much more than talking to people that have similar interests... with that being said...

This is really good stuff, I mean really good. The production quality is excellent and the substance in this music must be heard to be appreciated. I didn't get to this place in music easily and can certainly understand people that don't "get" this style / sound, but if you do, you are in for a treat.

As the first song opens with a snobbish little hammered dulcimer bit that builds with some grove and then just flat out assaults the listener with technical, massive blasts that demand as much from your volume knob as can be tolerated.

This band breaks away from the norm and gets you to another place.