IDES is a Death/Doom band based out of The Netherlands. Formed in 2014, this is the band's debut album, and contains six tracks. "The Circle Closes" opens with chanting and heavy guitar chords struck with emphasis, like a pneumatic sledge hammer utterly pulverizing rock. The vocals are deep Death growls, conveying complete loss of hope and reason. All around you there is a sense of the world ending, and ending bloody. "Erosion" is over thirteen minutes in length, with a similar approach. The chords are kept in nearly the same key and the pace is about the same as well. It is organized chaos, but a lot of the sound is free-flowing without a lot of structure. Around the half way mark the instruments drop and there is chanting, and drum pounding, leading to a new section of alternating chords and riff passages.

"A Forgotten Farewell" starts with bass and drums, tuned impossibly low for that deep impact. When the guitar comes in the pace is little faster. It's a little too far in the background to hear for sure but I think I pick up on some of the violin here. The desolation here is near absolute. "The Ever Falling" approaches fourteen minutes. The idea here is to just drag out this feeling of complete despair and hopelessness, as everything in you and around you turns from vibrant colors to grey and, ultimately black...the absence of any light. Here you can definitely some violin notes but they are quite subdued. "After the Final Hour" is the short track, clocking in at just under six minutes. This time the riff is not as low, though the punches are still as hard, and the vocals remain in similar style.

"Survivors of the Revolution" is the closing track. This time the violin is featured in the short intro but again quickly drops into the background. It adds some variation to an otherwise pretty uniform sound from track to track. As far as how deep the well of soullessness goes there is no denying the asteroid size hole that this music leaves in the ground. "Heavy" doesn't begin to describe the sound. But, the repetitive nature of the album ultimately keeps it from breaking out. Fans of pure Doom will find the style to their fitting I believe, but there just wasn't enough creativity or originality here. It's like watching a beast of impossible size crush and turn the world to dust in front of you, but he moves too slowly and you eventually lost interested in the sight.