‘The album’s Speed Metal influence is most prominent on “Welcome to Dying,” and “Goodbye My Friend;” both providing very fast-paced metal that is similar Helloween’s early years with Kai Hansen on vocals, or Metallica’s debut Kill ‘em All. The dark, more guitar-based atmospheres create heavier and much faster-paced songs, and are paired well with Kursch’s belting of “Welcome to Dying,” in the chorus of the song of the same name. Though these are the biggest examples, these influences are highly prominent throughout the album, affecting every song to some extent (with the exception of the ballad “Lord of the Rings”) and conceiving one of the heaviest Power Metal albums in its time’ – Sputnik Music