From Century Media Record's website, ""I wanted to put something out there that was as blasphemous and heavy as it was thought-provoking; I just had no idea how many people felt the same way." No one is more surprised at OV SULFUR's rapid, deal-with-the-devil-esque ascent than front man Ricky Hoover. Growing up in a Christian household shaped Hoover's disdain for organized religion, and its history of hypocrisy became the frontman's creative Morningstar. "As a kid, I went to church, and I went down to Mexico with the church to do mission work. We were building a school for kids, and we were treated awfully by the church staff that went down there with us. It was like being in a work camp, abusive. It was an eye-opener that pushed me to look at what I believed in. Then, doing research, seeing the manipulation, the constant re-writes and the awful stuff done in the name of religion, it inspired me to dig deeper and bring the atrocities to light."  

"Endless//Godless" is first, a short instrumental opener…and if it's a sign of what's to come, the massive guitar and drum strikes indicate pain and punishment. "Seed" is the first proper song, and it's a hardened slab of titanium with guttural vocals that are faster than you can count. The screams are where it passes into the Black Metal genre a bit, and there are also some orchestral elements. The obligatory breakdown is brutal. "Forlorn" is another bruiser, also with some symphony, but the focus is on dragging your soul down deeply into Hell. The clean vocals are a little uncharacteristic for the style, but they do help to break up some of the naked intensity. "Vast Eternal" are two words when put together could describe the universe itself, and that's the level of gravity you can hear in the song. When the symphonic elements swell, it reminds me of the power of an act like DIMMU BORGIR.

"Evermore" is another head-shattering song, and the clean vocals in the chorus help to temper some of the aggression. Of course, the breakdown is utterly ridiculous, in terms of how far down they go. "Dread" features Josh Davies (INGESTED). It isn't a whole lot different than some of the other songs however, and the band is driving the bus straight down the path. "Bleak" features Johnny Ciardullo (CARCOSA), and at this point on the album, and the band diversifies the sound with some brass in the background. The lead breaks are fantastic as well. "A World Away" features Alan Grjna (DISTANT), and the cadenced vocals are almost as fast as the devastating drumming. The orchestral elements are mainly there to support the riffs and vocals, and they do a nice job of creating the darkness in the landscape.

"Endless//Loveless" is the final song, and I was not prepared for an acoustic led sound. Add in the clean vocals, and it's a somber but authentic way to end the album. It shows the band at their most vulnerable. Let me start the summary by indicating that I am a fan of Deathcore music. However, the boundaries of what many fans have come to accept can be very narrow. You have to take some changes while not alienating your fan base and that can be a tall order. OV SULFUR did just that on "Endless." All of the crushing elements you want in the genre are there, and two-fold, but they also pepper in some orchestral passages and even some clean vocals every now and again. They do two things…they help to break up the intensity of the album, and they also make the intense moments felt even deeper. That is also one wickedly fucking evil album cover.