In addition to the excellent performance by the band, nicely wrapped in an impeccable production job, Daylight Dies have fine-tuned their music to the point of a remarkably good balance between the various elements that they use. The album is never slow for too long, or too upbeat either; it's neither melodic ad nauseam nor does it bludgeon you with blunt riffs throughout. Of course either you like the fundamental style that runs through the songs or you don't, but as far as their genre of choice, the band have really got a lot of things right in building _Dismantling Devotion_ -- of which placing the clean sung "Solitary Refinement" midway through the album is merely an example. Some may find the album somewhat lengthy given its tendency to repeat some patterns, but I find it no major drawback. The fact is Daylight Dies have continued to evolve and mature since _No Reply_, and _Dismantling Devotion_ is a very accomplished album that should prevail as one of the melodic doom highlights of 2006.