Having been a huge fan of their previous release, The Divine Conspiracy, I would have bought any of their future releases. I was completely surprised and unprepared for the classical masterpiece that was presented to me. The album was composed with a 40-piece orchestra and 30-person choir in the same vein as Metallica S&M…but they pulled it off with so much more flare and quality that it ranks up there as one of the best live albums ever produced. If you like classical music (which is most of the first CD) mixed with metal, then this is the album for you.