Babylon Mystery Orchestra creates a dark atmosphere with deep clean vocals. It's hard to call it singing, I would describe it as melodic narrating. It certainly fits the music. The pace of the album is pretty slow, it never gets 'uptempo', but there is a difference between faster and slower tempo. Which goes handin hand with more heavy or peaceful parts. The guitarwork is enjoyable for the type of music, a nice mix of acoustics, heavy support and melodic leads make the songs interesting as 'music' and not just as simple tracks to share some ideas. The use of keys is decent, they're often used, but not too much upfront. Sometimes they have an electric sound to add to the dark feeling this album spreads. The general sound of this album is good. I have to say that for an indie release this album is top notch. How much do you see this kind of albums these days, carrying a 32-page booklet filled with art.
Songwise there are some more boring songs, I think this might be because of the repetitive feeling the vocals bring you. Although I do see people enjoying this a whole lot. But there are good ones too, I had a great time listening Illuminati, which starts very peaceful with an accoustic guitar and keys, the song also has a guitarsolo somewhere at 2/3s of the song. Another one I liked is the last track, God Damn the Children of the Beast, one of the calmest songs on the album.
If you're not easily offended, or want to do some research on topics like the Islam and you enjoy dark goth metal I can recommend this album. It's something unique. And with the cd clocking at around an hour, you will get some music for your money.