From the wicked, stomping breakdown in “Shadows and Silhouettes’ to the brilliant riff from “Awakening” to the eerie gravity of “To Paris in a Coffin” to the pure cathartic bliss that is “Mid-July”, this album will leave an impact on you. “Lullaby” is the album to repeat this year, and The Phoenix Rising is the personification of a thunderstorm: merciless, unrelenting, and a wonder to behold.