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'Equus' for its blend of technical metal rock with string instruments reminiscent of Believer, alternating between softness and a grinding edge; an incessant back-and-forth between hard shredding and melting blues, including the delightful final guitar solo; 'Misericorde I - As the Flesh Falls' with its Opethian undertones, featuring instrumental machine gun fire and a stressful growl. The heavy surge is amplified by the melancholic violin before the final earthy return; the string outro as an interlude leads into 'Misericorde II - Anatomy of Quiescence' for the classical chamber quartet duo with Tim on violin. A slow, latent bluesy-post-rock movement with this metallic ballad and its explosive electric guitar break. This avant-garde track from another era seems to come from another band, which appeals with its innocuous but well-integrated blend.

'Suspyre', a death metal ersatz with a striking growl, riding on Dan's explosive triple-pedal machine gunfire. Alana returns as a Hynde-like female guest, attempting a healthy breach of restful musicality; Xenoyr's growl joins in before letting the lucid violin break still look to Believer. The final crescendic rise is pure musical chaos. 'Graal', with its extreme neo-classical intro, recalls the basic formation of many metalheads. Dark/black metal with an invasive growl embellished by the syncopated violin taking over; acoustic guitar break with Martino's rhythmic bass; clashing guitars, machine gunning over 90s-style death metal with a fluid guitar solo. The chilling outro, a martial rhythm stuck in a defeatist violin solo. 'Anhedonia' closes this explosive album with a clear sound, a solemn piano sharpened by the Arabic-tinged vocals; Dalai on cello melts the torrid atmosphere.

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