Unfortunately, that was a serious mistake! What is presented here leaves me speechless! And not because of the change of style per se. A similarly stark change in style, although I have not heard since the controversial among fans Album "host" of Paradise Lost. Unlike Paradise Lost is the break down but completely failed to more electronic sound here - the new songs are largely uninspired, bland and without any serious emotion! Even the Gefassel of concept album I can not understand - draufzupacken some (more or less disturbing) filler on the CD not a concept album makes long it! In more than half of the songs I was bored either or'm annoyed further jumped a song. That's never happened to me with LP ...
Nevertheless, the album has a few songs that you would like to listen again. Have liked me Blackout, Wretches and Kings and The Messenger. Show on the latter song, the guys that they are basically still able to write good songs and to single out from the mass average bands.
Hopefully the guys take the criticism to heart and soon begin to make music that you like yourself again!