I was absolutely disgusted by Dominion when I first heard, but then gradually I saw all the good stuff it has to offer. It has its weak and strong spots, but overall the impression leans more towards positive. This is a far cry from their crushing debut, but it is nice to hear a perfectly executed Rush cover and a step into the prog metal territory with "Epsilon." There is some development, and Benedictum will continue to have my attention in the future.

Interesting thoughts & review overall, I find this to be their weakest effort to date. It has a very pop'/ commercial feel to it (ala Frontiers I imagine) & sounds quite different compared to their stellar first 2 albums. Seasons of Tragedy had a mild progressive feel to it that suited the band well with almost zero commecial feel to it.....especially with the title track. The back half of this album is all over the place, ballads & half baked attempts at being heavier than they are ( dont like Veonica growling at all) & although I love their rendition of 2112, it coulda been left off as it is now the 3rd consecutive album with a cover song. Needless to say this is my least favorite album but having heard Obey, I am very optimistic that they are back on track again kicking ass.

Long album, too long if u'd ask me, I would probably say it's better if it didn't suck as long. I think there are a couple of things where the album falls short and the first is definitely the songs being not very good, a common theme this band has. I'm having a hard time finding good songs here and it puts the album quickly in the average category. Secondly the production is too bass-heavy putting too much focus on the low sounds. On the positive side, Veronica is a good singer, and it's disappointing to not hear her singing in many good songs. I haven't heard "The V" project yet, but when it comes to Benedictum albums, they have been underwhelming, and potential of the vocals is lost IMO. "Epsilon" would be the one song that works quite well, but in overall the songwriting is lackluster.

P. S. Actually, "At The Gates" sounds like the strongest song.