Review
Front-loading its sharpest melodic hooks, the album establishes momentum early through dense, punchy dynamics before settling into an elongated, patient second half. Heavy, syncopated guitar chugs and surging symphonic swells propel the initial stretch of tracks, while later movements pull back into spacious chamber arrangements that demand sustained endurance.
The twelve-minute centerpiece "Grex" anchors this shift, unspooling across mournful string passages, intricate lead guitar work, and a seismic rhythmic collapse where harsh growls cut through swelling brass. By the time "Anima Lucis" arrives with spare adagio strings and bare vocal lines, the runtime dissolves its theatrical weight into deliberate, suspended stillness.
