Invocations (Everlasting): This track starts with some very eerie sounding ambience that goes from quiet to loud. Then you’re met with some of the most beautiful playing on the ukulele. As a massive fan of intros, especially ambient ones that transport you into the music, this one was a welcome hearing. It’s super calm, resonating deep. The subtle adding of quiet drums starting on the tops of the symbols adds the perfect layer of depth just before the intro breaks into the song. I really like the thickness of the guitar tone of this song. Really heavy and chunky. But the Guitar melody played on top with the hammer-on hammer-off additions up and down the fretboard was perfect and sounded amazing in the mix. Just as you think the song is about to break into full force, you’re taken back to the melancholy intro which is actually the outro. This song, in my opinion, was beautiful even though it didn't have all that much going on. I think this was one of the strongest tracks on the album, and I hope to see the band explore this side a little more in releases to come.

Invocations (Light Take Me): This track also begins with some nice calming ambience that seems to bounce across each earphone/speaker. There is no messing around with the getting into the action with this track; the guitars, bass, vocals, and drums all come in at the same time, making a super wall of sound resonating dark throne vibes (I say this as a fan). This track suits being the chief headbanging track in my opinion. Some of the deep chunks from the guitar, accompanied by the super powerful gravely vocals, are amazing. When the track breaks into full ferocity, you’re met with some super catchy riffs, amazing drum fills, and super high blast beats littered with awesome-sounding ride cymbal hits. I love the addition of string rakes in between the chord progressions; it makes it sound that little nicer. Around the closing moments of the track, it takes a slightly lighter-sounding turn but still keeps the pace and meaning of black metal. Bands trying to do this style often, in short terms, “fuck it up.” This is not the case with Lamenting Satanas.

Maligned: This track showcases some insane vocals. The shouting style really suits the singer's vocal cords, and the way he can transition from the raspy shouting vocals into the super high-pitched shrieks is absolutely mind-blowing. The bit that really impressed me was initiated at 54 seconds in. The drums change pace slightly and go into a 4/4 styled beat, but in between the beat, you hear the drummer accent on the kick drum and the snare two times before going back into the 4/4. This is played with such a nice guitar part, which has four notes that are super punchy, being played at the same time. This made me really start to headbang and get my teeth into the song at full force. (I also really like the fact that the vocals on this part I'm talking about go from super deep growls to really high-pitched finishes to emphasize the riff. Seriously good coordination from the band here.) Pretty much as soon as this part is done, you are literally drop-kicked in the face with a simply ferocious, hard-hitting blast beat that is then met with a quick but amazing FACE MELTER of a solo-esque part – incredible playing on that, good job.