With my recent emergence back into metal (not fully of course!), the first two tracks "Bait And Switch" and "Srendi Vashtar" got me to head banging a bit! Who ever thought I’d headbang to Faith And The Muse?! Those two are somewhere between ethereal and thrash metal a little bit, like Testament (minus some of the big riffs) with some of the best damn ethereal vocals this side of the Rio Grande. This CD is overall a mix of styles, with everything from their Flaminco-driven goth rock textures to trance to metal/rock elements. This group has always been a rather large ink blot on the face of a bland, overly marketed yellow canvas of an ethereal scene. And reading the interviews with them they are some very intelligent people as well as intelligent musicians. For those who are wanting something a little more daring in their ethereal and goth rock, rather than the same old divas belting out Cocteau Twins covers over and over. Rating: 10. Also recommended would be Rhea’s Obsession, anything by them.