I've been seeing these guys getting lumped in with the Neurosis school of atmospheric metal with their sophomore album As Above, So Below, but like Year Of No Light, Rosetta, and Overmars, Ganon are one of those bands that have made this sound their own. Singer Kenneth McNabb does have a gravel-throated roar that is reminiscent of Neurosis and early Isis, sure, and there are some great buildups between softer melodic guitar parts and huge crushing riffage, but this music is way catchier and more rocking than most of the other bands that mine the Neurosis sound for inspiration. When their debut In the Dead of Sleep came out a few years ago, it sounded to me like a monstrous, metallic indie/prog rock mutation, a combination of complex and brooding math rock, catchy hooks welded to massive metal riffs, and trippy electronic effects, certainly heavy as hell, but with a constantly shifting arsenal of riffs and expansive melodies. They've fleshed that sound out even further on this new album with five lengthy tracks (the last three al clock in at right around ten minutes each) that are even catchier than their debut; proggy instrumental sections stretch out between epic chunky metalcore and amazing guitar melodies, as on the albums middle track, "Until First Light", with it's textural electronic ambience hovering over a spare instrumental guitar passage that leads into a crushing slowed-down thrash metal anthem, or the glitchy trance metal of "The Night Draws Near" where guest cellist Angela Tram lends her moaning strings to martial snare and pummeling drums, glitchy electronic noise, baleful minor-key guitar interplay, and soaring dark synths. The album closer "At This Time" starts off with an infectious, exhilerating hook that borders on Torche territory, then leads off into a dark valley of restrained post rock that builds into a crushing, repetitive dirge. I love these guys. They've got this mix of the heavy duty indie metal sound of the aforementioned Torche and the newer Baroness stuff, proggy atmospheric rock, and choppy thrash riffs that crush me.