Originally Posted by Stu

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I've had this album for a while now. And i can safely say i havent once become tired of a single song from it.

Gospel are a band that, with this 2005 album, unleashed a brand of post-hardcore that completely blew me away on first listen. It is, in essence, lo-fi prog rock, which in itself is a compelling enough reason as to why you need to give this a listen. I dare you to find an album as relentlessy intense as this, its as if the whole album is building up to something bigger, it's a head-splatteringly heavy listen, yet also beautifully textured.

I feel the musicianship should be highlighted here. The drummer, for one, is insanely good. The band as a whole are technically masterful, its amazing listening to the instruments weaving around one another, occasionally colliding in a huge burst of aggression before dripping into an ethereal, instrumentally soft atmosphere.

There are certain songs that adhere to a more straight-forward hardcore formula, such as Paper Tigon and Redemption Fills The Emptiest of Hearts, whilst Golden Dawn is just a nine minute prog treat. Throughout the album though the bands skill and composition of the tracks just completely engrosses you.

Dense, technical and yet raw as fuck, this really is a gem of an album that, underpinned with the emotional aggression prevalent throughout the entire piece, deserves to be seen as a classic not only in its field, but generally. Probably wont be though unfortunately. They unfortunately broke up after its release but just think yourselves lucky they left this behind.