From Bandcamp, "Aeons after the Universe was spat forth from the unknowable nothingness of pre-existence, upon a small, rocky world orbiting an unremarkable G-type main-sequence star located within an arm of an unexceptional spiral galaxy, a carbon-based organism experienced the emergence of consciousness; ergo, the Universe became self-aware. The organized chaos and entropy to which all matter necessarily succumbs notwithstanding, these ill-fated creatures rage against the inevitability of their demise. They love, hope and dream, and they kill, destroy and wage war; they erect ageless, towering monuments and build vessels to carry them to the stars at which their species has gazed for millennia.  Although they are vast in number, each one feels itself unique, extraordinary. With myriad aspirations, desires and fears, these life forms persevere through the most arduous adversity, with an immutable yearning to be part of something greater than themselves, but rarely comprehending the true marvel of their existence – despite its bewildering improbability. Generation upon generation they proliferate, evolve, and philosophize, seldom recognizing that all they are, all they know, and all they ever will be, is solely contingent on the ebb and flow of galactic tides."

The album has six songs, and "Emergent Chaos" is first. The opening tones are plenty heavy an aggressive, and the air fills with smoke from the battlefield. The riffs and dangerous, and charging bass notes fill the bottom end with drums. The entire song has a hasty quality to it, as if you are running from your nemesis. "The Imponderable Space Between Universes" refers to that vast amount of light years that their actually is between separate universes, and if you actually knew the exact mileage, it still wouldn't comprehend as a space is infinite. It has another weighted and driving sound, and the vocal screams could be heard two towns over. There are alternating gentle passages that can be labeled as somber, but they are quite short lived. "A Phantom in Endless Night" begins with melody, and with beauty. It's like all the flowers that will rise in the field shortly on this first day of warm spring. Even when the riff is distorted, and rises into the sky, melodies remain. The riffs are thick, and reign Hell fire down on your head, but you stand your ground, marveling at the beauty.

"I Carry Galaxies" walks a delicate balance between naked rage and despair. Each one is prepped, and into the ring, ready to defend. The exchange blows, one after another, with neither giving an inch, when suddenly a refreshing melody carries in on a breeze. The fighters walk into the distance to let it shine. "Superluminal" refers to a light so bright, it can shine through the void. In this case, I would call it an ideal, although the band does let it in every now and again. It's in the contrast between these lights and the darkness of other parts of the music where the true magic lies. "Eternal Recurrence of the Same" is the final song, and I believe it hits on the things that we humans have to do every day, and without questions. Hell is repetition, but somehow we don't mind. More gorgeous tones emerge here, and they resonate just as strongly as the aggression. There is both something familiar about the song and something more dangerous.

This was an excellent album, and it's all about the band's sophisticated sense of balance. Balance between aggression and rage, and tempered melodies that blow in like a sudden breeze. It kept the contentious moments, which rose with might and power, at bay, while providing the listener a much needed shot of color at just the right time. You also can't help but to marvel at how well the melodies are put together.