This album is somewhat interesting, in that it was released as two discs that could fit onto one disc length... which is bold. The longer first disc is the melodic side, and the second, shorter half is the more metal (cathartic) side. Sense any cliches yet?

So I've actually met the pretty boy vocalist for the melodic (Illusion) half of this album, when he was fronting a different but almost identical sounding band called Tesseract. And that points out the main flaw of this album: it is pretty standard fare melodic djent. You have the djent-toned rhythmic guitars, soaring melodies, and ethereal soundscapes, combined with a few breakdowns and screaming vocals. It's well done, but man the style has been WAY overdone (even by 2012 when this album was released). I suppose it's pretty heavy on the melodies... but still firmly djent.

The Chaos side is harsher, but honestly the more boring listen. While the first half employs some interesting dynamics, the second half feels a bit one dimensional in comparison and suffers for it. It honestly needed to be heavier somehow.

3.0/5 - Just a good album, slightly above average for the style. I'll probably come back to a couple of songs on the Illusion half.