From Bandcamp, "Memorial" continues the path opened by "Sacrifice." After the burning, there is stillness. Time spent among what remains. Ashes settle, memory lingers, and the question is no longer how to begin again, but what can finally be released. The record moves through remembrance toward letting go and acceptance — a quiet reconciliation with what cannot be carried further. It speaks from a single, un-personified voice: a shared human state shaped by loss, exhaustion, love, and the fragile will to endure." The album has eight songs, and "Ageless River X" is first. It features a soft rain pelleting the roof and smooth legato synth notes, and hangs in the air before the segue into "After I'm Gone." Horrid, tortured vocal screams combine with relentless drumming but a palate of melody remains strong. The song is so densely packed, but it also breathes at times, and the long held synth notes provide a lot of atmosphere and ambiance on the album. This contrast is striking.

"When the Ashes Grow Old" is a 20 minute opus. The landscape of the song is vast and expansive, and for me it's like looking up at the trillions of stars in the galaxy on a clear night. Wonder. Sheer wonder. The ambient passages are just as vital as the overgrown ones…they each tell a similar story of how insignificant we are in the scheme of things. As it continues, I feel swept up as if I am on a journey there and beyond. "Ageless River XI" is another extended ambient song, and after the whirlwind of activity in the previous song, it's calming and peaceful to me. It transitions cleanly into "Memorial," where the magnanimous sound continues. The tortured vocal screams try to howl as intensely as possible, but they will never bring down the mountain of melody. "Ageless River XII" is where the album darkens a bit. There is a lot of tension lurking in the background, but it never surfaces.

Transitioning to "The River Wakes," it comes out of the gate with more sonority but melody remains as strong as ever. Some might even call it jovial, and it unabashedly just hangs out there for the taking. "Ageless River XII" closes the album, and it's another ambient offering, the type that cools you down after the journey to the heavens. Rather than a traditional album, this was a journey to the far reaches of the universe and back again. I feel as though the album transported me into a wormhole where it just gave me glimpse of what is up there, and even a fleeting look is overwhelming. The album cover captures its essence very well. It's a warm, cozy cabin nestled in deep, dark, and imposing trees that no one could ever find.