Contrary to albums that tread grey areas between doom metal subgenres, _Renounce_ is a doom/death album through and through. More importantly, Process of Guilt create thoroughly enjoyable material that is a fine example of the genre. It may not be the most innovative, but neither is it necessarily derivative; the style sounds familiar, but the music bears their own personal touch and remains vivid and relevant. Boosted by an impeccable production job, this results in an album that shows a great deal of confidence and belies the lack of any previous albums. Opener "Motionless" simply explodes upon the listener, with a mix of solemn passages, guitar laments, hard hitting riffs and massive roars. "Becoming Light" immediately follows suit, starting off with some especially effective guitar work, drum fills and anguished death vox: doom/death damn near its best.

While I like all of the seven tracks however, the second half generally tends to lack some of the album's initial impact. Nevertheless, where normally one would be looking mostly at the potential hinted at in this debut album, _Renounce_ already fulfills most of that potential, therefore becoming a truly remarkable first disc. Hopefully there is yet more to come.