The songs are also highly varied, combining progressive arrangements, thrashy riffage, swirling keyboards, acoustic passages and more into a veritable witch's brew that never loses its old-school touch. Like sandpaper, as the album progresses, it loses its abrasive nature in favour of softer keyboard passages and more subtle guitar arrangements, but still far from being mistaken for pseudo-black goth claptrap. An interesting and entertaining release that provides hope for the stagnant UK black metal underground, barring a few notable exceptions.