Apart from the first song, which is an Intro (much better than the respective of "Emptiness"), all others last more than 6 minutes. Their main characteristic is the change of rhythm. Some songs begin with a main theme, which at most of the cases is good enough, well structured, but nothing extremely special. Suddenly somewhere in the middle or later, the rhythm changes, the song goes faster and this "revitalization" keeps the interest of the listener. But until this point songs could have been from boring till good. Typical examples of this are: "Self-Enslavement", "Of Magic Illusions", "Forsaken". Additionally I could say about "Self-Enslavement" that it begins with a fast, aggressive but not so exciting theme which lasts 6 minutes and after the rhythm change it the last 2 minutes become much more interesting. Concerning "Of Magic Illusions" I could distinguish the bass playing and the gothic guitars after the change which give a sense of agony. "When Sense Dies" is a sympathetic song but may be the weakest of the release. While "Separate Worlds" is an interesting song, whose main theme is aggressive, brisk and vivid with some changes in between. The ideal outrider for "Crash Of Silence", which according to my opinion is by difference the best song of the release, a small masterpiece. A fully inspired composition at which Elin's ethereal vocals creates a unique atmosphere. "Forsaken" begins a bit boring but due the changes around the 2nd and 3rd minute the song gains a completely different bright prospect. Finally "The Silent Season" begins with an aggressive but not so inspired Death Metal theme and somewhere the 2:30 minute (I feel like describing a football game!), the pace slows down, Elin "enters" and guitars become interesting since they are influenced even by nostalgic old melodies of the 70ties. The song is blank between the 7'-11' and after this there is an Outro with violin samples. Ancestral Legacy have changed style in his release and have been improved. Personally I think at this new direction don't fit so well the fast speeds, which are necessary for variety. The band yields better at mid tempo (this is shown better at the next release) and its main weapon is the change of rhythm and vocals.

Note: This is the self produced demo version.. The Russian label Magik Art will reprint it with bonus material which will be a cover song (the track "Enveloped" by the Finnish band Rapture) + 3 of the songs from the "Emptiness" demo.

written by Panayiotis Papandreopoulos

Playing time: 55.32