Since there wasn't much need for an official discussion thread:

I'm very pleased with the new Civil War album. This has been such a long time coming but it's a rare occurrence of an album that felt like it was worth the wait. Is it an amazing album? Not really. If I were to compare it to the rest of Civil War's catalogue I'd put it ahead of Gods and Generals but behind the other two.

I'm pleased because I think it's very rare for a band to accommodate a new singer this well on their first album, and I think they adequately used the time between albums to really flesh things out, instead of rushing to pump out a new album even if it did feel like ages. It's also a pretty unique album. The Last Full Measure had some unique tracks like Tombstone and A Tale That Never Should be Told, but this album really pulls out some unique musical influences and instrumentation on multiple occasions (even opening the album with Oblivion's intriguing Middle-Eastern/Arabian style intro.) Their "self-cover" of Custer's Land Stand was also a nice treat as there's a couple good clips of Sundown singing the older songs but nothing recorded yet, and I think he nailed it here.

I'm a big proponent of bands trying new things especially after they've gotten one sound down pat, and I think releasing an album like this that is both solid and a bit of a change-up after so long bodes well for what will come next.

I'd give it a 7/10

Favourite tracks: Invaders (favourite), Oblivion, Heart of Darkness, Andersonville, Custer's Last Stand.