This soundtrack hits hard.
Anesthetized Agony felt like how we sometimes live life just... Going through the motions. Events happen around us, sometimes loud, sometimes quiet, but to use they're all the same: Just a droning noise that is bound to be silenced when we get to bed. Nothing we do matters.
But then, Ceaseless Searing remind me of those nights were you can't sleep. The beautiful guitar contrasts amazingly with the drums and almost broken synths playing throughout. I really like the chord progression used through this song, it's almost ethereal. The "humid" feeling of the soundtrack reminded me of the Distant Springs from Pikmin 1.
Cyclical Severance has some very dynamic and beautiful instrumentation showing through. It feels a lot more "natural" than the previous songs if that makes sense. Of course, the guitar steals the show as always, but I also very much enjoy the "alarm" like sound that plays throughout, like it's urging us to wake up.
Revival and Rejuvenation is "Peace" at its most primal form. gentle bells accompagny the strange singing synths, before being presented by the jovial pads and guitar. I think it reuses motifs from previous songs, but I'm not too certain haha. That Distant Springs "influence" can also still be felt.
For the first time, the guitar takes the lead role in the instrumentation right from the start in Transcendence from Chains, as we've been freed of all the oppressive energy of the previous songs. It's just a nice song to listen to after all of this. It felt
I very much enjoyed this soundtrack, Ceaseless Searing ended up being my favourite due to the melancholic composition, but all of them are really good. Masterful job.