The Italian’s are the originators and foremost purveyors of Symphonic Death Metal. This is their finest work for years and certainly their first record where the two facets of their persona seem in perfect balance. Everything here feels grand and opulent. The symphonic sections don’t feel like synth-driven samples, It feels like a real orchestra is there, striking beside them. Marvellously melodramatic and fantastically flamboyant.

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