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opined that "the band has never been as strong and compelling". Scoring the album 8.5 out of 10 as "a minor masterpiece", the reviewer noted epic and dramatic songwriting, but all in all the band "place a stronger emphasis on the highly melodic chorus passages, some of which immediately become earworms". There had therefore hardly been "better material in melodic metal this year". Metal Hammer Italia'' gave the album an almost identical score of 84%. It was "probably the most epic ever made by Thorsen and his bandmates", with individual songs being described as "truly earth-shaking", "an absolute gem" or a "devastating power attack". When the album stagnated midway through, the level was still high; "three solid and compact songs, rich in everything mentioned so far, and endowed with the usual, extremely high quality".
Metal Hammer Germany was more reserved with its 4 out of 7 score, noting a tendency for the songs to get "out of hand" and be overwhelming, diminishing the replay value. The advice for Vision Divine was to focus on "simple effectiveness". ''
gave 3 out of 5 points and Rock Hard'' 7.5 points out of 10. ==Track listing==