▁M ika el ▁Stan ne ▁described ▁the ▁album ▁as ▁being ▁both ▁" mel ody ▁driven " ▁and ▁a ▁" re action " ▁to ▁the ▁band ' s ▁recent ▁work . ▁ ▁Ch ad ▁Bow ar ▁of ▁About . com ▁noted ▁" the ▁darkness ▁and ▁sad ness ▁in ▁the ▁composition ▁of ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁songs ", ▁which ▁he ▁attributed ▁to ▁the ▁more ▁collabor ative ▁song writing ▁approach . ▁However , ▁Sund in ▁stated ▁in ▁an ▁interview ▁that ▁" M ost ▁likely , ▁the ▁up coming ▁ 5 0 0 ▁years ▁will ▁be ▁a ▁patch work ▁of ▁great ▁tra ged y ▁and ▁suffering ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁major ▁advance ▁and ▁improvement , ▁just ▁like ▁the ▁past ▁ 5 0 0 ▁years ▁have ▁been . ▁But ▁metal ▁lyr ics ▁are ▁often ▁about ▁polar izing . ▁You ▁don ’ t ▁sing ▁about ▁being ▁m ild ly ▁s cept ical ▁of ▁a ▁certain ▁amount ▁of ▁people ▁behav ing ▁in ▁a ▁slightly ▁disag ree able ▁way ▁and ▁that ▁you ▁would ▁prefer ▁if ▁they ▁please ▁could ▁consider ▁changing ▁their ▁behaviour . ▁You ▁sing ▁about ▁throwing ▁the ▁whole ▁of ▁human ity ▁in ▁a ▁sea ▁of ▁fire ▁and ▁br im stone ▁and ▁la ughing ▁while ▁doing ▁it ". ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁Descri bing ▁the ▁band ▁as ▁" legend ary ", ▁Ch ad ▁Bow ar ▁of ▁About . com ▁remarked , ▁" it ' s ▁no ▁surprise ▁that ▁Dark ▁T ran qu ill ity ▁has ▁delivered ▁another ▁quality ▁album ▁with ▁Con struct . ▁It ' s ▁one ▁of ▁their ▁most ▁cre ative ▁and