This is good Metal, and more importantly, just good music, with depth, heart, mind, and humanist soul.
The album in itself runs like an assemblage of songs fit together into one larger composition. Beginning with a set of strong Hard Rockin’ riff-based Metal songs, but slowly transmuting into something more epic, with the true final tracks: “Hell/Heaven,” and “Dead Kosmonaut - part II” (they’re accessorized by two brief interlude-type songs). As much as I enjoy the first Metal half of the album, what will endure and linger are the epic finales; I’m gonna focus a bit on those.

These two songs echo through your subconscious like church hymnals; they just beg for evocative open-sky theaters as their settings. “Hell/Heaven” begins as a somewhat rote lighter-raiser, but really picks up steam and power as it progresses, following a heartbeat-like piano.
“Dead Kosmonaut - part I” is a brief, mesmerizing vocal chant, which really functions as an intro for “Dead Kosmonauts - part II.” It’s a bit disappointing that DK don’t work that lovely passage from part I into the 11 minutes of part II, but no matter. The song is also masterfully built, leading up to the haunting processional “You don’t know me” climax. This is just great stuff.
The entire end-to-end experience touches on Vanden Plas, Dio, Iron Maiden, Queensryche, and final-era Pink Floyd. “Gravitas” is emotionally and intellectually rewarding, a reminder of just how divine a full album experience can be.