I admit that I listened to Emergence because of its eye-catching, but at the same time very atmospheric cover. I expected nothing great and that´s why I am all the more enthused and touched deeply.
In these hectic times, it is very risky and honourable to start an album with an instrumental piece of unloading epic; in this case, I Am The Abyss shows up as fulminant kick-off, which arouses goose-pimps immediately. Elegiac floating, magic guitar chords go together with variable drumming and continuously alternating tempi as well as flawless measure changes, caring for egregious dynamics. I´d call it wasteful, how the musicians offer a vast amount of melodies to kneel down in admiration.
In contrast, the overall work also produces a strong impact with the help of rough, but understandable vocals, added by galloping rhythms and a slight touch of Folk – the title track Emergence  steps in with stomping and heroic moods, but it is not kitschy at all.
SHYLMAGOGHNAR speed up a little and integrate a nice Black´n´Roll sentiment, ere folky guitar harmonies show another facet on the emotion´s scale during Edin In Ashes, which appears in a quite cumbersome and not easy to access style. 
A few modern influences enrich This World Shall Fall, which uses apocalyptic keyboard carpets in combination with a threatening spoken voice to conjure up goose pimps of another kind. The felicitous marsh rhythms fit this composition perfectly. The similar sinister tune Squandered Paradise features some bombastic sounds felicitously.
Afterwards, bass and keyboard take on the lead for a while, ere we are invited to a very suspenseful journey through the Eternal Forest, including anew wonderful guitar lines in course of this pure instrumental track. The Cosmic Tide offers pure melodic Black Metal for a while; interim the band comes up with a bulk of awesome guitar leads, shaken out of the muse-kissed sleeve and throws in a pearling piano motive…what a pleasure for my ears!
A New Dawn oscillates between double bass passages and moody keyboard parts; every layer can stand alone in reduced manner, but all together sum up to an opulent and powerful impact.
 The Sun No Longer concludes this masterpiece in thoughtful and orchestral style and Emergence leaves me lone with many positive feelings…
SHYLMAGOGHNAR succeed at full amount to creep deeply under my skin no matter which speed they present, they are damn magicians of sound!