This is pretty much my opinion of the album as well. Nice review.

After reading your review and the many similar comments about the album here and on other websites I realize I am in the minority of people who love this album. I actually thought of writing a review for this but it was hard for me to put into words how I feel about this album.

Atmospheric black/post black metal music has really gotten my attention in 2013 and this is the best I've heard so far. The unique aspect of this release is the diversity of songs and Fen's decision to experiment. Sure they could have made another Malediction Fields (it sounded that way during the first song) but they didn't. The huge post-rock build up of "Hands Of Dust' and the surprisingly, out of nowhere, Pink Floyd-ish 'Spectre', shows the bands willingness to go off on tangents really displays the song writing abilities of the band.

By the end of the album I really enjoyed the waves of genre blending. Lush, drawn-out, melodies blend perfectly with desolate, dark post black/shoegaze textures. I suppose the die hard fans of Fen are angry about the direction the band takes: a lot of emphasis on clean vocals, prog metal structures and let's face it their really isn't a huge amount of black metal in this release.

If I had to pick a winner for a mid-2013 AOTY this is it!

Written by tea[m]ster on 26.05.2013 at 17:38

After reading your review and the many similar comments about the album here and on other websites I realize I am in the minority of people who love this album. I actually thought of writing a review for this but it was hard for me to put into words how I feel about this album.

Atmospheric black/post black metal music has really gotten my attention in 2013 and this is the best I've heard so far. The unique aspect of this release is the diversity of songs and Fen's decision to experiment. Sure they could have made another Malediction Fields (it sounded that way during the first song) but they didn't. The huge post-rock build up of "Hands Of Dust' and the surprisingly, out of nowhere, Pink Floyd-ish 'Spectre', shows the bands willingness to go off on tangents really displays the song writing abilities of the band.

By the end of the album I really enjoyed the waves of genre blending. Lush, drawn-out, melodies blend perfectly with desolate, dark post black/shoegaze textures. I suppose the die hard fans of Fen are angry about the direction the band takes: a lot of emphasis on clean vocals, prog metal structures and let's face it their really isn't a huge amount of black metal in this release.

If I had to pick a winner for a mid-2013 AOTY this is it!

You can count me in because I actually love the album but I just tried to write an unbiased review about it as well as not taking my personal feelings into account that much to be rather "neutral" about it. You can see the rating I gave to Dustwalker in the album's page.

Personally I think it was one of the best releases of early, mid-2013. The songs blend well if you don't build up an expectation for some sort of intensity, the quality is totally outstanding. But the lack of some indescribable edge to render it "timeless" spoils the album. It's hard to disclose what I mean by "edge" but I guess you'll get the general idea. It's very unlikely that I ever listen to the whole album after 2-3 months (Expect for "Consequence") yet I don't really think it was, in any way, a weak effort. It's just not everybody's favorite cup of tea, as proven by the amount of similar comments we both have seen so far. Thanks for reading btw.

This band never disappoints and never re writes each way andaproach is new and actually its wary juicy and fresh band