A study in suffering, Weighing Souls With Sand is the sequel to the much-praised Coma Waering. Almost from nothing, The Angelic Process forge thunderous plumes of shimmering industrial noise that in turn form claustrophobic aural chambers of emotional distress. The furnaces of "Million Year Summer" with its Cocteaus-esque melodic glide gracefully to reveal the album's themes of bereavement and suicide, an oppressive and dire sound-world reinforced by K.Angylus' unwavering guitar avalanches and vocal terrors. The prevailing sentiments of anguish and exhaustion are clearly in thrall to the aggressions of Goldflesh and Neurosis, but also to the cosmic fragility of Flying Saucer Attack, particularly on the centrepiece "Dying In A-Minor", a daunting essay on funereal poignancy. M.Dragonfly's electronic sandstorms strip away all extraneous features on an ever-downward rush, as each successive track ploughs through your heart with a density and drama few are capable of. A devasating album for wounded souls.