The comments about this being long are fair, but,wow-this is a lot better than the general bashing I read online. It sure ain’t your typical Priest, but it really IS a well orchestrated/ very well played set of tunes.
Really a surprise album in every way possible (& in a good way), it’s very atmospheric, downright mellow at times, it intermingles heavy & calm & evokes human emotion at every turn. Plenty of heaviness to go around & on a lot more cuts than originally meet the eye. The guitar playing is very tastefully done.
The heavier tunes aren’t from the Painkiller era, they are a real fallback to Priests early years if you know that era well (aka the 70's!),but in the end, it’s just gonna go down as another great Priest album.