Shifting focus from Arcana to Sophia seems to have cured whatever creative cramp that Peter Pettersson has suffered from. In less than a year's time a second full length album is due for release, not long after the recent 10" EP on Pettersson's own label Erebus Odora. Comparisons with Der Blutharsch and even In Slaughter Natives are legitimate, as Sophia paint a similar sort of epic frescos. These are the solemn and sonorous melodies belted out by the pipers and drummers while the army retract from a hard day's work at the battlefield, saving the kingdom from legions of infidels. Their ruler rejoices, as does Roger Karmanik, to have such talented people within their ranks.