Hailing from the ever-fertile Finnish black metal scene, MOONFALL's with their new album as a whole comprises four songs across nearly a half-hour, with two songs at ten minutes each; its song sequence is such that atmosphere is incredibly heightened, akin to a moonlit walk across misty moors. Of course, burly bass GUITAR guides these mystical journeys with an insistent, almost-sexual throb - some could point to domestic underground deviants Ride for Revenge here - but the vintage synths, sensually swirling with their own dark magick, really put MOONFALL in rarefied territory. That Odes to the Ritual Hills is bookended by two shorter, all-synth instrumentals does NOT undersell the album's intrinsic power; in fact, their strategic placement is integral to the record's all-engrossing journey.