Finnish ensemble have been most effective with first two albums rounding up the previous millennium, redefining the tag of [neo]symphonic black metal via innovative songwriting and quite complex, technical delivery with precisely polished sound, thus opening the doors to other hordes - twenty years past that the philosophical crew comes back with bang in shape of their fifth full-length, distinctively refreshing line-up where Mathias Lillmåns [Finntroll] delivers a massive performance, omitting all the middle era experiments and marching on smoothly with bombastic harmonious songwriting and perhaps more intense, energetic feeling than ever before, emphasizing the genre origins yet showing certain maturity and skill to pull off quite a brilliant result; first press deluxe digipak edition comes with twenty four page booklet
