Take this, you losers!

At this blast you can actually say only one thing: Geil!
First of all Californians have exhausted all their quality. The sound is a little more mature, the guttural vocals by Lambesis is a full on the mouth, as well as the stark, fast guitar riffs and brutal drums of Mancino. Familiar As I Lay Dying hardness.
However, a new feature is the excessive Clean vocals of Gilbert. He often is sung simultaneously with the growling of Tim, but he also appears to like to alone. Tonal result in both cases: very convincing. While there is not yet the unique Clean vocals from interim Killswitch Engage singer Jones approach (people, buys you "The End Of Heartache", if you like this album, you will also love), but AILD is also not typical Clean vocals tape, insofar as it is a real improvement.
We particularly liked the songs of me "Nothing Left", probably their best song ever, and "Wrath Upon Ourselves", a Wutausbrauch first class. But the title song is one of them. Quantity and quality: Perfect.
The only drawback are the completely misplaced instrumental interludes pieces, but this does not only occur on albums by As I Lay Dying. "Separation" at the beginning of matches as an opener actually very good and has a transition to Pops "Nothing Left" a good effect. However, the remaining slots look more like the pathetic attempt to make something of a concept album. If you simply let the music it also works without. But the overall impression can not hurt this little deficit.
Overall, it is probably still the best album of them. Absolute recommendation!