While the allusions to Carcass and Morbid Angel do ring true on the majority of _Dreamweaver_'s 60-odd minute duration, it is the manner in which this blueprint has been incorporated that makes Golem an alluring and wholly interesting prospect. Think Trey Azagthoth and Bill Steer trading guitar riffs while sharing the world's worst acid trip and you start to get the picture. It isn't simply a case of skewed influences however, as songs like "The Tower", "Diaspora" and "Rose" toy with ideas centred around everything from black metal to neo-classical film soundtracks to progressive jazz.

Of course, as would most likely always have been the case, some of these ideas prove to be a little too avant-garde for their own good, and particularly the spaced-out guitar wankery of "Le Sacre du Printemps" ends up sounding more trying than entertaining. Kudos to Golem however for returning to the fray after five years with an album that shows off not only some damn good tunes, but the sort of daring songwriting that will sustain the death metal genre for years to come.