If anything, Pete Nickerson and Gary Gahan, the duo behind Spanned Canyons, should be proud that they nailed the premise of their new conceptual album. The Only Perfect Way for This to End is a nine-track expedition into icebound hell, echoing Dante Alighieri’s ninth circle, where the damned are trapped in a vast frozen lake. Instead of fire and brimstone, this is a soundscape of frostbite: synths, sax, spoken word, and field recordings conjure something between John Carpenter’s The Thing and a drone-ambient séance.

You can read the rest of the review at Horror DNA. The album is available on Bandcamp.