WHYZDOM describes themselves as female fronted metal with a huge orchestra and choir. The symphonic metal band brings out it's fourth studio album "As Time Turns to Dust". After going through several vocalists, the band was joined by Marie Rouyer in early 2013. "Armour of Dust" begins the album with a nice symphonic sound. The choir giving a nice background vocal to the overall sound. Marie's voice cuts through like a knife filling the speakers with her beautiful sound. The song picks up with heavy riffs, still melodic but interwoven nicely. Overall a strong song to start the album out and show you what the band has in store for the next nine tracks.

"Fly Away" begins with the orchestra taking center stage. The sound is massive and does things that only can be achieved when incorporating an orchestra. It gives the track a richness and weight that lends itself to heavier riffs that soon come in. The choir blends it's sound amazingly with the heavy guitar giving the song an otherworldly sound. Marie's voice is on point, lending a brightness to the dark foreboding sound. "Follow your Heart" is a fast-paced melodic onslaught. The guitar riffs and drum beats come fast and hard at the beginning of the song. As the track progresses it falls more into a groove. The vocals like the other songs don't disappoint.

The album wraps up with "Dust We Are". At this point there hasn't been a bad song on the album. This one doesn't disappoint either. It comes out strong with nice vocals and heavy guitar riffs. This song is more of a straight up metal song leaving the orchestra to the sideline more than other songs. However, the song still has a weight to it that makes it feel like they used every instrument they could to produce a great sound. I thoroughly enjoyed this album from WHYZDOM. It makes me want to go back and listen to their earlier works. The orchestra backing the band makes the songs full and richer. The vocals are at times almost operatic in their delivery. That may throw some people off, but if you enjoy symphonic metal you should give this band a listen.