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This album isn't exactly bad. It just seems unnecessary, especially if you already are familiar with both Emperor and Peccatum. Ihsahn's solo project is much closer to the latter as far as melodies and production goes. The melodies, however, is the biggest drawback. Repeatedly I feel that this is something I have heard before.

There are some exceptions. Especially the track A Grave Inversed appears fresh, much due to the saxophone. The utilizing of sax on this album gives it a dimension that gives it an extra star. I also found the clean vocal parts to be well executed and enjoyable. But as with Peccatum, the production isn't really up to date. It sounds a bit uncoordinated in the more intense parts of the album, while the calmer parts tend to work better.

The album is all over not a bad effort, it just isn't that interesting either. I really like it when the songs get jazzy from the very well executed sax playing, but it is not enough to make me want to put on the album again. The melodies didn't stick after multiple listening, and those parts that did, only seemed to remind me of Peccatums earlier endeavors.

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