Second album for this homegrown Swedish label, neither recalling the magnificence of the band's 2003 “Modus Vivendi”. The line-up is the same as on “Revenant”, with former Steel Attack vocalist Ronny Hemlin still doing his Tim Ripper Owens impersonation over a dozen tracks. After a rousing opening, ‘Bow To The Reaper's Blade' settles into a mid-tempo walk-through that (sadly) is all too common in Tad Morose material these days. A chugging 'Where Ignorance Reigns' treads similar territory to recent Vicious Rumors output, albeit minus the edgy guitars.

There's a real urgency to 'The Shadows Play', not sustained, but certainly more upbeat than its sameness surroundings. There's a groove to the plodding 'Darkness Prevail', a snippet of the progressive on 'Dream of Memories' and widdly guitar solo in 'Your Own Demise', but not enough variation to really distinguish any one song from another. Disappointing.