forlorn has my vote for the worst black metal band. talentless dimmu borgir wannabes. it also didn't help that this album was mixed horribly even for black metal. a cluttered clusterfuck of bad guitar riffs and cheesy keyboard melodies. i am not some elitist who hates symphonic black metal. i love symphonic black metal. gloomy grim, limbonic art, mystic circle, parnassus, hecate enthroned, obtained enslavement, alghazanth, emperor and early dimmu are my jams. i just only like good sympohonic black metal. forlorn is the opposite of good music in my opinion. "the crystal palace" is on youtube if you wanna know what i am talking about. but, i wouldn't recommend it. this was the only album of their's i heard. but at that point, i had heard enough. my ears still won't forgive me. those who like forlorn, to each their own and i respect your difference in opinion