' t ▁sound ▁like ▁any ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁records ▁we ' ve ▁made , ▁but ▁it ▁will ▁have ▁the ▁minimal ism ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁few ▁records ". ▁Green ▁echo ed ▁his ▁band mate ' s ▁sentiment , ▁saying ▁that ▁A ▁World ▁Lit ▁Only ▁by ▁Fire ▁is ▁in ▁the ▁spirit ▁of ▁Street clean er ▁and ▁P ure . ▁ ▁The ▁album ' s ▁first ▁song ▁and ▁lead ▁single , ▁" New ▁Dark ▁A ges ", ▁is ▁a ▁slowly ▁building ▁piece ▁with ▁a ▁guitar ▁sound ▁that ▁Gregory ▁He an ey ▁of ▁All Music ▁described ▁as ▁an ▁" im poss ibly ▁det un ed , ▁nearly ▁at onal ▁ch ug ". ▁The ▁song , ▁focused ▁on ▁a ▁simple , ▁looping ▁gro ove ▁that ▁Tom ▁Bre ih an ▁of ▁S tere og um ▁called ▁a ▁" fer o cious ▁method ical ▁p um mel ", ▁was ▁compared ▁to ▁the ▁opening ▁track ▁from ▁Street clean er , ▁" Like ▁R ats ", ▁by ▁Fal zon . ▁After ▁the ▁per cussion ▁introduction ▁and ▁incorpor ation ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁repeating ▁r iff , ▁Bro adr ick ' s ▁del ivers ▁g utt ural , ▁typically ▁sparse ▁vocals ▁with ▁Bib lic al ▁and ▁medieval ▁over ton es . ▁The ▁second ▁song ▁on ▁the ▁album , ▁" D ead end ", ▁immediately ▁launch es ▁into ▁a ▁weight y ▁bar rage ▁of ▁dow nt un ed ▁guitar ▁and ▁cr ushing ▁bass . ▁Like ▁that ▁of ▁" New ▁Dark ▁A ges ", ▁the ▁r iff ▁repe ats ▁and ▁domin ates ▁the ▁son ic ▁landscape