Discounting for a moment the band's technical knack -- which these days is pretty much a prerequisite anyway -- This Ending show themselves up as songwriters in the same league as Callenish Circle and Insomnium very early on. Weaving together modern with traditional, songs like "Plague Angel" and "Armageddon" are both savage and infinitely pleasing, and though the odd missed opportunity crops up along the way, it's not hard to see why it took only one demo for Metal Blade to pick these lads up. Certainly, if I were a betting man, I'd put top dollar on hearing much more of them very soon.