The songs are well-arranged and comparatively complex; clearly one man projects (sole member is Filip Dupont -- no "evil" nom de plumes here!) are capable of more than poorly performed blackened noise. Pity about the programmed drums though: real drums will always be superior to electronic beats, although Dupont admittedly does the best he can with what he has at his disposal.

But this album feels inchoate; not in the sense that it has been rushed, but in the sense that this is merely a stepping stone towards a fuller realisation of his sound. This is not to say that it is bad; Opeth's _My Arms, Your Hearse_ was also, in my humble opinion, a stepping tone on the path towards something greater, yet it cannot be said that that was a bad album. Gorath clearly has the potential to realise something better than this.