The sound of this disc is one of secret rituals and terrifying visions, dead bodiescarried through black water in deep underground caverns, prophets who have seentoo much laughing madly beneath the starless sky of the Plains of Leng -- in otherwords, scary shit, doom childe. The sound is a moderately noise-driven variant ondark ambient, but the mood is bleak and chilly, an alienated series of soundtracks from the blind and yawning void. Picking up where the limited (and now sold out)debut ep on Housepig left off, the nine tracks on this disc are dark, cold, and noisy,droning and forbidding excursions into haunted realms and alienated moods. Part of it in undoubtedly due to the sound material, which includes field recordings from temples and caves in Laos, along with bits and pieces from the studio, some datingback as far as 1996. The band has been compared to the likes of Skullflower, Earth,Sunn O))), and the like, but what this disc really sounds like is a diabolical combinationof Abruptum (minus all the screaming) and Cold Electric Fire. You'll be paralyzed withdread, unable to decide whether to slit your wrists or hide under the bed until thedrone terror dies away. Absolutely essential.