Ah, the return of the depressed Finns is upon us! With the last album aptly entitled One for Sorrow, you know that these guys' brand of melodic death metal presents a bleak worldview. The lead screamer noted the song Ephemeral from this album is the most optimistic song he's ever written... here's the chorus:

"Dying doesn't make this world dead to us.
Breathing doesn't keep the flame alive in us.
Dreaming doesn't make time less real for us.
One life, one chance, all ephemeral."

So yeah, this album is a nihilist's paradise. But man the music is good! Oddly enough, fellow Finns Omnium Gatherum (what's up with the -um's in Finland?) lost one of their guitarists to this band... and made the bands sound EVEN MORE alike. While Beyond is a better album, it's also more optimistic... and therefore less metal ;)

3.5/5 - Very good depressing Finnish melodeath.