9th album for these Dutch Death Metal veterans. After the ?Herd Of Damnation' intro "Legacy Of Ashes" opens with ?Into The Blind World? and this tune will convince every Death Metal fan that SINISTER is in a very good form again. It?s striking and the sound is very brutal, aggressive and powerful (the album was recorded at Soundlodge Studios in Rhauderfehn, Germany with producer J?rg Uken). In the person of Edwin Van Den Eeden we can welcome the most talented and so far the best drummer of the band. His drumming is varied and powerful and it can be heard, that he is a big fan of the technical, Florida based Death Metal. The whole record is, as I stated above, very brutal, but isn?t onedimensional or boring, since there is a lot of variety, tempo and rhythm changes. Tracks, such as 'The Enemy Of My Enemy' (with its good solo), 'Righteous Indignations' (with its acoustic parts) or 'The Living Sacrifice' (with its interrupted riffing) offer something for all tastes and here and there a few melodies can be heard. I?d say, the album is in the vein of "Aggressive Measures?, "Creative Killings? and "Savage Or Grace?, it hasn?t anything to do with the last two efforts of the band. The cover artwork was done by Mike Hrubovcak, so it became one of the best covers next to "Diabolical Summoning?. All in all ? this is a very strong effort from the Dutch Death Metal aggressors and one of the best Death Metal releases of 2010. SINISTER is back!