"Ultimately, Requiem is the sound of darkness itself; it's a foreboding symphony that doesn't ever let go. With its complex emotional expression provoked by a minimal tonal palette, and adorned in expansive textural and dynamic ranges, Requiem requires repeated listening; only then will it reveal itself as a transcendent, epic, even majestic composition proving that extremities of human emotion, musical tension, and radical experimentation can be combined seductively and memorably. It is thus far the band's masterpiece".