The first Chapter in the Doom/Death Bible. - MY DYING BRIDE, PARADISE LOST, CATHEDRAL, WINTER, disEMBOWELMENT, and lastly ANATHEMA are the god-fathers of the Doom/Death movement... Silent Enigma is what I like to consider the last truely original Doom/Death record... scores of bands count them as influence...I have always nicknamed this release as the Into the Pandemonium of this era of Doom/Death metal... Vincent s clean vocals are very similiar to what Tom G. Warrior refered to as his mournful vocal... and the guitar work is simply brilliant, and crushingly heavy. This album is a very important release of this era and for those who dont own it, that s unfortunate.