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With thunder and ominously swirling ambience, a brief Descent (0:33) drops us in on the spunky, bass-driven Seven Devils; choral drones and adroit fingering are backed by equally agile drumming. Neo-ritualistic, but decidedly rocking, drumbeats propel Chant of the Fathers into a soaring orbit, accompanied by golden rays of Speer's power-chording and liquid leads.
A more languid pace is explored in the hypnotic Snake Dance; sultry patterns of bass and percussion are topped with softly entwining guitar strands.
Brimming with dark energies, Crossing to Freedom features spiritedly thrumming strings on multiple levels. With the distant traces of animalistic synth cries, Coyote resonates with an expansive atmosphere before charging into a glowing, ever-evolving entity.
Wordlessly streaming female crooning is swept through the serpentine channels of
River of No Return; powerful rhythms and skywardly reaching six-strings mimic the natural cycles of a watery force in constant (and quite possibly dangerous) motion.
Reverbrating with gorgeous melancholy, China's Last Stand drifts like a phantasmal memory made tangible by skillful musicianship. At the end of the trail,
Carved in Stone (6:13) basks in the twilight glow of etheral synth sounds before the nightlife begins; tribal beats, ebbing and flowing in intensity, empower the ringing guitar haze and rising choir sounds.
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