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| | Book of Horizons: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | The two Holy Vehm songs are heavier than anything Spruance has ever released, while the more linear, melodic numbers (Traditionalists' Morricone-esque "The Exile," the Forms ' "The End Times," UR's surf-tinged cover of the Exodus theme) rank as his most lavishly orchestrated productions. |
 | | Remarkably, given the huge orchestrations on so many of the tracks, there are only two samples on the entire record; all of the string sections, choirs, and such were the result of marathon overdub sessions à la Mr. |
 | | Minor quibbles aside, this is a frequently jaw-dropping album that should silence Spruance's anti-Bungle critics and, more importantly, challenge and entertain devoted fans of his past work. |
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