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'Vault' is all very brooding and I am sure he even uses a sample of 'Sebastian im Traum'. It is certainly rather like atmospheric Klaus Schulze. These comparisons are soon banished however as an ominous sequence mixes with bass stabs. This is lovely dark stuff that would have sounded well at home on Tangerine Dream's 'Sorcerer' album. 'Fundamentals of Grief' crashes into being then a wonderful bass sequence surges into life over an equally stunning staccato lead line. There is a brief respite from the tension in the second minute but each element from before triumphantly returns, if anything with even more venom than before. Quite superb. 'The Calling' keeps up with the bass sequencing but this is even more rapid with a real bounce to its step. The melody compliments the pulsations perfectly. Again excellent. I just wish it could have gone on for longer but then as 'Arduous Distance' follows on in similar manner I don't suppose it really matters. Melodically things get even better. Again Schulze came to mind but from his more structured 'Drive Inn' type material.

'Blueberry Dance' is a certainly a curio! Highly melodic and joyous, to me sounding like some carefree medieval frolic. From this description you might think that it is one you would press the skip button to but believe me it really works. I loved it! Sequences shift left and right between the speakers at the beginning of 'Agonylog'. More intense heavy sequences are added, contrasted by mournful pads. It's another that reminded me of 'Sorcerer'. Brooding rhythms heighten the tension further. A more uplifting simple melody provides an interesting contrast then the sequences surge forward again with even greater vigour. 'Mount of Olives' is a short atmospheric piece but boy is it dark and foreboding. Really ominous drones mix with sparingly used piano detail. Ideal music for horror films. The same could be said for the beginning of 'Anguish'. Vast reverberating sonic waves mix with the sound of an organ. Things then become rhythmic, a contrasting lead line mixing curiously with the other elements of the track.