The title "Moshka" refers to the idea of salvation equals being released from the chains of life, present in so many eastern religions. Sadly, for too many among us, this principle implies/represents a truth of life, regardless of religious affiliations. Moreover, their suffering is most often rooted in the neglect and exploitations of others. As most of the songs on the record represent perspectives on this rite of passage, the journey from life to death, in every human life, the title combines the various the lyrical themes into a single one: If life is suffering, and death without rebirth equals salvation, something is terribly wrong with how we value, tend to, and nourish human lives.

"Sons of Adam, Daughters of Eve" opens the album. It begins with soft piano notes and strings, leading to a heavy and foreboding riff. Musically, it sounds like a cross between Black Metal, Doom and Death Metal. Clean female vocals come in for a spell, then are turned upside down with the harsh vocals. A melancholy passage pops up and is also turned upside down soon thereafter. "The Best of All Possible Worlds" is seven-minutes in length. It features an odd mixture of clean guitars, with distorted ones, and sad, ambient tones in the background. Clean, tortured vocals appear at the half-way mark, followed by some lead guitar notes.

"Starlight" opens with a heavy groove and steady drums. The main riff is augmented with rhythmic, cadences vocals. It takes a brief pause of bass guitar with leads notes for a spell, then the darkness returns. Correct me if I'm wrong, but do I hear female vocals towards the end, mixed with clean male vocals? "Anthem" opens with a slow and weighted guitar riff with a melancholy sound. The harsh vocals are there to represent how we as a society value human life, while the sad and ambient tones speak to the sadness therein. It begins down a darker path but is held back by something...something that wants it to live. It ends on a gloomy bed of lead guitar notes.

"Hallways of Sadness" begins with a slow groove of heavy guitars and mesmerizing sound from the lead guitars. The lyrics are also quite poignant..."come join me to where lovers gaze in wonder from bottomless depths of solitude...conquering grain by grain, hand to mouth these shores of euphoric harmony." Red (pt 1)" opens with clean female vocals and some spoken word in the background that you cannot quite make out. It segues into "Red (pt II)" which begins with a very Doomy sound. The riff drags on for days. This song is all about the rich moodiness of struggles and pain.

"Fra Jord til Støv" closes the album. Somber melodies abound here, as they close the tale with as much gut-wrenching emotion as possible. The strings are beautiful in their sadness. Clean vocals pick up at the half-way mark, stamping the sound with even more desolation. These Norwegians sure know how to make a good Doom Metal album. The weight of the sorrow is almost too much for one to bear. But the addition of clean vocals and other techniques bring the complexities of the album to the forefront. The lyrics and themes of the album are also so well reflected in the music. You don't often get both with equal passion.