This album is packed with decent riffs (Sabbath inspired -- never saw that one coming) and pleasant grooves, but with just a little extra effort they could be great rather than just 'nice'. The vocal performance is passable, but little more than what one could expect from a traditional doom band. There are some riffs that could be considered great, but too infrequent to affect the rating, and offset by the number of filler material.

The past year has seen some stunning albums emerge across the doom spectrum, and traditional doom has seen some stunning albums from newcomers such as Doomraiser and Thrown. Consequently, there is little reason to indulge in an album that is little more than average, except for a doom metal completist.

[As an aside, the accompanying booklet was badly mis-stapled and several pages failed to print properly, resulting in blurred lyrics -- I'm not sure whether I was unlucky or whether this affects all pressings. If the latter, hopefully it will be sorted out on subsequent printings.]