This is peak Soilwork... this is peak melodic death metal. There are maybe 2-3 albums that I enjoy more in the genre than this one... and even then its a toss up. It simply does not get any better than this for melodeath.
What makes the album so special? Primarily the melodies and the intensity which they are played... and the riffs... my gawd the riffs are glorious. There isn't a single bad riff on here, and some of them are downright n a s t y.
Lets look at the third track Millionflame for an example of everything that is right with the album. The thing starts out with melodies that pay homage to an Iron Maiden dual guitar attack after changing into this thick ass riff that leads into the first riff. It sounds like it could be an awkward transition, but the band pull it off without a hitch. The song continues to twist and turn through riffs and speeds until we finally get to the solo section. Here the keyboards fill out an already thick wall of sound and let the guitars shine in ways that only this album can. Nearly perfection.
That is one of nine tracks, the other eight are just as good! The title track has an insane blasting chorus, Possessing the Angels rips through the listener with both its speed and melodies, the transition going into Spirits of the Future Sun is epic as fuck (tragically this has been chosen as the place to flip the record, I will never understand that). The list just keeps going on.
Soilwork haven't gotten close to the intensity or the consistency that this release had with any of this other albums. They have gotten close on a song or two (Spectrum of Eternity anyone?), but this THE shining example of what the band can do.
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