This must be the best album produced and performed by an American band/record company
ever! The vocals, the atmosphere, the shifts in styles, the mixture of heavy and
soft metal is extremely intelligent and well-performed. Great musicians, singing,
and production... The only other American band that has been close to this quality
must be Type O Negative.

The line-up:
Jeremy Peto: Vocals, Bass guitar
Dwayne Boardman: Guitars
Rhett Davis: Drums
Gary Griffith: Guitars, Keyboards

The album starts out in a calm way, with bells and a deep keyboard in the background, with
a male choir and bass guitar entering the song. It gives the listener high hopes for a good
development into something big and enjoyable. And the listener will not be disappointed -
definitely not... When the singing and the drums enter the song, the expectations grow.
The pace and setting is still slow and calm, for a start. Then the guitars enter the show,
following the same melody and rhythm as before, with a deep tone. Then, the singing leads
on into a more distorted kind, which is also a good move from the band. After a while, the
song goes back to a more peaceful kind again, starting all over to build up a new crescendo.
Well, this song is purely good, and a good start of the album.

The second song also starts out calm, with the bass guitar giving a good and solid background,
with an interludium with only keyboards, before starting to get heavier with the introducing
of the guitar, then leading back to the dreamy sound created by Griffith and his keyboards.
The music gets stranger and better with the unusual sound of Peto's voice together with the
guitars ascending again, then settles for a longer part with the dominating guitar and
singing, both increasing in power and force.

The third song is a rather short instrumental piece, leading on into the next song, once
again starting out in a slow manner, and the mood is dense and low. The song is almost
whispering, and the cymbals and guitars keep this state for a while, bringing up the
feeling of an expected burst of power. But this burst is not as strong as expected, and
soon goes back into the former slow pace, slowly leading back to another heavier section.

The intro of song five is not as good as the previous ones, starting with distorted vocals,
leading down to a slower section of the song. However, when is gets slower, the song gets
better again, making the listener recognize the characteristics of Morgion. And when it
starts approaching the second peak, it is a really good song, like all the others.

And now for one of the best songs ever written: All the Glory...All the Loss. The bass
guitar in this song might be the best part ever heard. It takes a while to get started,
and the quiet singing and the bass guitar is in perfect balance. But then, the singing stops
and an instrumental break is taking place. The bass guitar is changing melody and power,
and reaches a point when it is absolutely stunning, before exploding into a part of deep,
dark and hard singing. This song has a very long intro, and then a combustion into a fire-
work of a heavy finish. Music at its best!

The last two songs are examples of what I have mentioned above; a mixture of dark and calm
instruments combined to an almost perfect whole, crowned by excellent bass guitar, singing,
drums, guitars, and keyboards. Everyone in the band is extremely capable of creating many
more masterpieces in the future.

The way that Morgion can paint an atmosphere is completely brilliant, using different levels
of background of bass guitars, keyboards, drums, and rhythm guitars. That is mostly why I
consider this album to be so good.

Overall rating: 9 out of 10.