Style: melodic death metal
Primary Emotions/Themes: death metal with melody and exceptionally deep vocals
Thoughts: One could be forgiven if you gave up on this album early. The first proper riff of Esoptron is... not good. It sets a poor first impression of what otherwise is a phenomenal album.
I love this album. It's Septic Flesh before they got all fancy with a full orchestra and complex song writing. This is death metal plain and simple, with Septic Flesh putting their own stamp on it through creative riffing and melodies.
What the band does here is create a deep atmosphere with the guitars and then play a clean lead over them that's drenched in reverb. It's a rather unique sound that I haven't heard much outside of the early Septic Flesh albums. I really enjoy the effect, and it makes for an exceptionally consistent album - especially considering how experimental Septic Flesh was in their early days.
There are really two era's for the band. The first era ended with Sumarian Deamons... every album was different and experimental. The band was never content to have a singular style and in my humble opinion this is where they produced their best work. The second era started with Communion and they have been releasing the same album ever since.
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