The album begins with a 1-minute epic keyboard piece, which puts us in a cold grim and frostbitten forest and continues with a blast, after which anything can happen. From fast drumming with tremolo picked riffs to slow acoustic parts, this release has it all. The guitar riffs are simply f***ing epic! The guitarists manage to create a truly larger-than-life atmosphere. For some reason the guitar playing on this release reminds me of Dark Tranquillity. The drumming on this record is pretty mediocre. The drummer plays some basic beats, which might be boring by themselves yet blend with the guitar along so perfectly well (The whole being more than the sum of its parts?). The bass player does his job by bridging the gap between the bass and the guitar. The keyboard adds to the atmosphere by creating organ-like sounds, which add a whole f***ing lot. The vocals are the Achilles heel of this album. The vocalist is a very talented and can do a variety of vocal styles---a fact that seems to be the problem. Most of the vocal work on this record might remind someone of Thomas Lindberg (At the Gates) combined with Stefan Fiori (Graveworm), and it is done well, fitting the style of the music perfectly. The problem however, is located in the other vocal styles that seem to curse this album. The vocalist might sound good while using his "BM Voice" yet when the slow, low, and heavy (relatively) vocals start, you can imagine some tall hairy dude standing with a lame face trying to look "necro" (Some people enjoy this type of vocals). The biggest issue I have with the vocals is the random Cradle of Filth screams that seem to ruin this recording. Overall, this hinders the album only a bit and the majority of Vittra is very enjoyable.