Six new songs making up "Embittered Darkness" are combined here with an older 1997 recording "Isle de Morts" consisting of 10 songs. The "Embittered Darkness" section opens with a funereal all-instrumental piece combining acoustic guitar and powerful droning synths and then gets down to serious business in "Wrapped in a cocoon out of harms way" with the Striborg trademarks of lightweight buzzing guitars in the background and strong percussion work pounding out rhythms that lead the way. Sin-nanna's singing is more up-front in the mix here than on some of his previous albums and there is not much echo on it. As ever, he rails against humanity and the damage done to Nature by people over the centuries, and he yearn to merge with the trees and shadows of the Tasmanian forests. The "Isle de Morts" part opens with blizzards, pealing church bells and some creepy background organ music. The songs are a lot shorter and more punky and aggressive, and Sin-nanna's voice tends to be growly. His drumming is a lot more primitive with stacks of blastbeats reaching impossible sound-barrier-breaking speeds. When you hear an album like this, you can really appreciate how far an artist like Sin-nanna has come in 10 years while faithfully maintaining his idiosyncratic approach.