Complex sentence: David E. Gehlke of "Blistering" said despite that Mustaine's best days were behind him, this record comes across as a "warm return"; although the album fails to recapture past glory, it succeeds in being a solid, reliable metal album.
Split into simpler sentences: David E. Gehlke of "Blistering" said despite that Mustaine's best days were behind him, this record comes across as a "warm return". Although the album fails to recapture past glory, it succeeds in being a solid, reliable metal album.