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i cried when i listened to the whole thing for the first time. not gonna lie. after having suffered my own tragic loss a month ago, i think the guys really tuned into what they were feeling when they wrote this and they were able to reach out in ways that far surpass their grasp in earlier albums. this album is a culmination of all of the years that the band has been together and you can hear it in every one of the tracks. it sounds like a solid combination of every one of their prior albums with lyrics that remind me of the power of city of evil and the verbal arrangement of their self titled album while the instrumental work is something that is just as raw and passionate as waking the fallen and sounding the seventh trumpet.
there's no way you can call yourself a fan and not own this cd.