Elements

In the immortal words of Barry B. Benson "Ya like Jazz?", well if you do, this album has very prevalent jazz fusion elements (heh). Well... I say very prevalent, but this is definitely the most in your face about it, towards the point that I'd describe the sound of this album as more "Deathy Prog Jazz". If that isn't your cup of tea, that's totally understandable, Unquestionable Presence may already be too much for some listeners, this leans even harder into the prog and jazz, and dares you to ask it if it gives a fuck (spoilers: it doesn't- by the way, watch me hit this samba 🕺💃) .

This is a strange album, like the kind you'd show your jazz fusion loving teacher to show him that "See? We can be tastefully pretentious too". To that end, this is less of a moshable album and more of a danceable album. Unfortunately, I don't think most metalheads can tear up a dance floor quite like this album demands you do, but they can certainly find fun songs here like the title track, Green, and Air in particular. The least aggressive of the first three albums, but perhaps the trickiest album for a conservative extreme metal fan to get into. You'll either learn to love jazz and prog by the end of the album or get filtered.