I'm not the biggest Skillet fan. They're a decent band who hang their hat on creating raw, garage-band-sound music that I usually can't take for very long (funny, cause I'm a fan of Swedish Metal lol). So I was actually pretty happy when they began going a little more mainstream, and though I didn't like "Awake," this album is terrific. The musicianship is not all that, the songs generally consist of repetitive guitar strumming of the same chords; more repetitive than most alternative rock songs. But this album is so beautiful. The lyrics are deep, yet still rater typical, but John Cooper really shines, for I dare say I haven't heard a record with this much passion and emotion in the singing. You can almost see Cooper's head raised to the sky, his eyes shut tight, howling towards God.