The sonic soundscape of this album is a little difficult to convey in words because it is pretty unusual. Though there are speedy spots of playing on the album, the album is not speed-centric. Instead, it seems that the overall musicality and musical vision is the center of attention. There tends to be a harder-edged feel to the tone and playing, though this is balanced nicely with cleaner-toned, less aggressive ideas. The instrumentation is advanced, very intensive, and deploys some very tactful technique and phrasing, yet it does not venture out into the virtuoso-type pyrotechnics you might find in the more progressive fusion or neoclassical of the world class players. But, the composition is good enough to overlook this consideration and the overall musicality is what makes this effort worthwhile.

The band sounds like they have assimilated many influences from a lot of different venues of rock and progressive music. The end result of the open-mindedness of the members to different influences has a very interesting materialization in the music. Overall, the album kind of reminds me of what Queensryche might sound like if they nixed the vocals, integrated some progressive keyboards, and added some serious depth to their composition. There is a good sense of melodic and thematic development that is balanced with well-felt, aggressive feel and musical direction. And, these are definitely not easy things to accomplish in original compositions, so I have to give credit to Electrum for their efforts here.

I have tried to figure what the conducively receptive audience for this album might be and I am a little unsure because this album seems to fall somewhere in between conventional rock and the virtuoso-based instrumental rock that most instrumental fans are inclined to listen. But, I am thinking that, like me, many fans of instrumental music will appreciate this album for the well-conceived compositional content, good production, well-felt playing, and enjoyable music that it possesses.