Dream Into Dust -- The World We Have Lost -- Chthonic Streams

1. Maelstrom
2. Cross the Abyss
3. Mercury Falling
4. Nothing but Blood
5. Enemy at the Gates
5. Farewell to Eden
6. Eternal Inquisition
7. The World We Have Lost
8. Not Above but Apart

"The World We Have Lost" by Dream Into Dust's Derek Rush brings us is a spectacular release of electro-apocalyptic orchestral folk music which combines a rich assortment of semi-ambient background noises, [swirls, crashes, rumbling] with synth-phonic cinematics and Derek singing softly yet with a great amount of emotion. In addition, changes of militant beats with the drums and bass blended with strings [cello] and guitar bring out a "folk-edge" in most of the tracks.
The synth work is excellent involving deep crashing drums, heavy bass, helicopter samples, thunder and rain, broken glass, struggles between people [their sighs and interactions] and dark melodic inserts. The mastering is very good and the compositions in general are deeply expressive and imaginative. The overall effect of this release brings out a dreamscape of doom and darkness yet it touches on a sad hint of hope in a world all too confined in senseless chaos and ill-direction for mankind." "The World We Have Lost" is a beautiful release that captures human drama relative to the natural world around us, as sad and hopeless as it may be.