This album—their second—starts off with Elisa almost screaming the beginning of the verses with some heavy distorted vocal effects before she switches to a more clean vocal tone (though still heavy). The song is heavy with a nice pounding rhythm and catchy chorus. This pretty much sums up the whole album. Heavy, rhythmic and catchy as hell! Most of the heavier songs seem to crowd the beginning of the album while the middle of the album finds the band digging into a solid, diverse groove with songs ranging from the mid-paced, almost power ballad-like “The End of Your Suicide” to the more extreme metal of “Innocent Blood” and “Perfect Soul,” both featuring some heavy male vocals, very much in the melodic death metal vein. There are a few other tunes that feature a male vocalist, like “Face To Face,” but these are sung in a clean style.

When this album comes to an end there shouldn’t be any disappointment to be found. This album is drenched in traditional metal wizardry from the double bass, staccato guitar rhythms, excellent lead work, and, of course, Elisa’s amazing vocal performance; sometimes sweet, sometimes vitriolic, always outstanding. There is some keyboard work and some electronic effects, but this takes an uncommon backseat leaving the main instruments to accentuate the songs. And speaking of the songs—the most important part of any album—they are excellent! Very diverse, heavy and melodic, epic but not grandiose and overachieving, simply put: this is a killer metal album.

written by Ken Wood

Playing time: 47.09