Een hint? Er is nog niet eens een serieuze poging gedaan........
Oke, dit is het laatste meesterwerkje van een Zweedse band, en AMG vertelt ons het volgende:
The kings of Swedish heavy rock and doom and gloom pop return with perhaps their strongest outing yet. Two years after its last release, 
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 has issued the most balanced, forward-looking record of the band's career. While 
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 established a niche for the group in the U.S. and marked a turn from the dark metallic mayhem of earlier records 
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 and 
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, it was 2000's 
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 and 2001's 
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 that carved out the uniqueness of the band's sound. Here are equal parts dark gothic pop, crushing heavy rock, textured keyboards, lithe pop melodies, beautifully crafted songs with unique dynamics and sculpted sonic environments to surround them, and bleak, even morose subject matter. While it's true that fans of the band's earliest material may not return to the fold with 
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, those who have arrived since 
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 will be even more enthralled. The major difference between 
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 and its immediate predecessors is that the band has brought a more rockist edge to even out the textural soundscapes. This one is definitely heavier — check out the bone-crushing intro on " 
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 " or the bridge on the refrains on the album-opener " 
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 ." Vocalist 
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 delivery is clear and deeply expressive of the band's atmospheric music and stays well within its tenor range. Guitarists 
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 and 
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 complement each other well in that both are well-versed in swirling, shaded enormous guitar sounds and neither overplay; they join together to create a warm, fuzzed-out wall of noise that is equal parts devastatingly edgy yet warm and full of melodic invention. (This is gorgeously displayed on " 
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 " and " 
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 " .) The rhythm section of 
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 on drums and 
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 on bass is fatter and meatier than any in heavy metal; the stuttered stop-and-start of " 
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 " offers a rounded foundation that gives up none of its thudding power in an otherwise angular yet restrained tune. The other thing that sets 
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 apart from all of its peers with the possible exception of Liverpudlian quartet Anathema is the band's lyrics. Virtually every track here will have the listener entering into a dialogue with 
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 as he offers observations on everything from questioning the right to continued existence to revenge to determination to grief to alienation to political and social dystopian catastrophes, and even to glimmers of hope in the wasteland. 
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 is a dynamically jarring and intellectually demanding yet musically accessible journey to the dark side and back, full of glorious riffs, complex harmonic sensibilities, and a vulnerable yet ultimately powerful brute force. 
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  is so intelligent that it borders on brilliance; it's a candidate for one the finest rock records of 2003.