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The front cover and band name definitely gave off more of a metalcore vibe, but I felt better about buying it when I saw the band was listed as "atmospheric progressive metal/rock" at Metal Archives. Even with some vague idea of genre, I was still taken aback at how lightweight this was overall. It's certainly not devoid of metal influence, but even the sections with heavier guitars (the best is probably the latter half of "The Haunting") exist to serve the atmosphere, rather as a driving force in the music. The female vocalist does an admirable rock, and for something more on the atmospheric rock side, it's fine.
I suspect this has quite a few similarities to The Gathering's later non-metal material, but having never heard any of that stuff, I can't be sure. There's still enough in common with Nighttime Birds where I think they're an appropriate comparison, although Lapse of Irony are nowhere near as gothic-tinged and residually doomy as that album.
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