Credits:DissectionDescription:ReinkaosmarksDissection'sreturntoactivityfollowingvocalist/guitaristJonNodtveidt'snearlydecade-longincarcerationformurderand,asifthatwasn'tcauseenoughforconscientiousfanstofeelambivalentaboutitsrelease,there'stheusualtrepidationthatcomeswithanybelatedadditiontoanalreadyrespectedbodyofworktobeaccountedfor.Indeed,askmostanyDissectionfanforhisorhertwocents,andtheopinionwouldbeputforththatthegroup'soriginalclassics--1993'sTheSomberlainand1995'sStormoftheLight'sBane--certainlydidn'tneedasequel,butthen,nowthatit'shere,whygetallworkedupwiththeresults?Thesegenerallycomprisemid-paced,melodicdeathmetal/blackmetalreminiscentoftheband'smid-'90soriginsandSwedishbrethrenlikeInFlames,DarkTranquillity,etal.(see"StarlessAeon"and"GodofForbiddenLight"inparticular),andthereforesuggestthatNodtveidtwaseitherisolatedfromorresistanttothecountlessstylisticadvancementsthatoccurredduringhisincarceration.Letthisserveasyourp