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I got mine. Listened to it only once so far. As with Re-Driven by Fate it will take many listens before I absorb a good enough portion on to form a decent opinion. First listen indicates that the level of musicianmanship is high. I'm not sure how I'll take the 'speaking' in the background in the long run, either I'll like it or I'll ignore it or it will bother me... probably one of the first two, the compositions are interesting with some lines that will become memorable after a few listens (I have the worst memory for songs... which makes playing by ear hard, but after one listen I remember some sections of the songs, and I remember the mood of the songs even if not the notes/riffs played ), and I enjoy the repeating musical themes. The first few songs all tend to blend together, but not in a bad way, just in a conceptual way. I can be picky as hell when it comes to distinguished songs, but I think what does it for me is that the riffs on the songs are different, but as I said just above there are repeating themes, and I think the mood tends to be similar on the songs. Most likely I'll skip Ode to Joy in the future as I'm not really a big fan of that song. Though, around the middle of the song I really enjoyed the interpretation.

Being how much I love Re-Driven by Fate, only time and repeated listens will tell where this one sits.