Editors at Pitchfork chose this as Best New Music of the week, with critic Sam Sodomsky giving it an 8.5 out of 10 for "exploding death metal into atmospheric and experimental new dimensions", cautioning readers that the overwhelming emotional heft of the music can have "the cumulative effect is intense and a little dangerous if you are in the wrong mood".[1] Writing for Sputnikmusic, Sunnyvale rated this release a 4.2 out of 5, writing that "this is a pretty astounding accomplishment of a second album" that "shows that Dream Unending are now actually doing what they already suggested they’re capable of".[2] Editors at Stereogum chose this for Album of the Week, with reviewer Tom Breihan writing that this work finds the band "digging deep into the mines of depression and hopelessness and finding some perfect, glittering gems amidst all the murk" and characterizes this as "heavy music about heavy things, but it brings a sense of beauty and lightness and maybe even hope".[3]
Track listing
"Song of Salvation" – 14:06
"Secret Grief" – 5:06
"Murmur of Voices" – 2:42
"Unrequited" – 5:44
"Ecstatic Reign" – 16:03
Personnel
Dream Unending
Justin DeTore (credited as "The Bridge Between Two Worlds") – drums, vocals
