It is not at all antiseptic and cold, but very warm and welcoming. The technicality of it doesn t put you off as you listen, but serves to draw you deeper and deeper until you are wholly engrossed in the tapestry of sound these guys weave. This is power prog in every sense. Heavy metal riffs with real depth and lots of meat. There is no tasteless broth here.
Every note is rich, thick and satisfying.
There is atmosphere galore with Pink Floyd tones intermingling with Rush enthusiasm and Vanden Plas crunch. The band works as a unit to produce an enormous sound. The last two tracks really one track weighing in at twenty three minute of sheer abandon. The band charges forward, changes mood and direction on a dime, hands you nine cents change and is off again, all in the blink of any eye. The complexity of the music approaches the recent work of Spiral Architect or Zerohour.