_SMR,C_ is a concept album dealing with "a theological dispute on the divine essence of the Devil, the roles and virtues of faith and the place of man therein" -- and I'm sure a tremendous amount of work has gone into this project. But as interesting as this sounds, I've never managed to spin this album without already getting bored during the third of the thirteen chapters which are obviously necessary to bring the dispute across. From then on, the main impression I get is comparable to being present at a 72 minute lecture which turned out to be pointless and useless right after the introduction. Congrats on the full and powerful sound, but for the rest of the record I have to say that, if this really is the first of three similar 'acts' or albums, then I'm afraid that DO have ceased to exist in my personal black metal world.