The distinctive, throaty death vocals are still present throughout, which is pleasant to hear. The guitars and artificial drums also tend to sound familiar, and occasionally some of the more organic keyboard work is also reminiscent of their past. Similarities end there however, because their songwriting now revolves around techno-styled keyboard work for the most part -- and that marks the album's downfall for me. It is therefore essentially the way they communicate their music to the listener that has changed; and unfortunately, the result is unsatisfying, as TEF seem unable to recover their inspiration of yore. Compared to their old strings and piano, these songs seem emotionally barren and smothered in happy keyboards. Sure there are some good riffs and passages, some good keyboard work as well in places, but they don't seem able to put five minutes of their admittedly good music together without inserting some annoying passages as well. Still, _Suffering G.O.D. Almighty_ is not a bad album, and it might well be worth checking out if you don't mind techno in your metal. However, as far as I am concerned, it just shows The Elysian Fields have taken another large step farther away from what I like about their music, and in my opinion reeks of wasted, misguided potential.