Just like famous Mussorgsky piano suite Pictures from the Exhibition In Sickness and In Dreams does not even consist of full-fledged songs. These are sketches and riff ideas, some tracks are basically transitions (Under No Flag) or simply quick musings on funeral march chords (Death in Time). In no way I am insinuating that Chris Black is the next coming of the famous Russian composer, but here is one talented individual reminding many of us why we love metal. This is dirty raw do-it-yourself low budget production out of someone?s garage, with one major difference being that this someone knows what he is doing. This is styleless proto-metal at its best. -- metalreviews.com
