“BARELY COMPARING, IMAGINE A FUSION OF THE BEST ELEMENTS OF EVANESCENCE, NIGHTWISH, TRIVIUM, OLD ELEMENTS FROM THE GATHERING WITH HARD ROCK/HEAVY ELEMENTS, AND THE LISTENER CAN HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT IS EXPECTING ON THIS ALBUM. AND THE BAND SHOWS AN AMAZING FLOW OF ENERGY ON EACH SONG.”
METAL TEMPLE (GR) – 8/10
“SO, THE QUESTION HERE IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM SECRET RULE’S NEWEST EFFORT? THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE: MODERN MELODIC METAL STUFF WITH POWERFUL PERFORMANCES, TONS OF MELODIES, AND SOME KILLER SONGS. FOR ME, SECRET RULE IS ONE OF THE BEST NEW BANDS IN THIS PARTICULAR SCENE.”
HEAVY PARADISE (GR) – 8,5/10
“AN ALBUM SUITABLE FOR FANS OF THE LESSER PROGRESSIVE NIGHTWISH AND KAMELOT!”
ROCK HARD (DE) – 7/10
“THE ITALIANS HAVE DEVELOPED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE THE LAST PRODUCTION.”
POWER METAL (DE) – 8/10
“SECRET RULE IS A DAMNED GOOD BAND!”
HARD ROCK (SE)
“STRENGTHENED BY A CONSOLIDATED EXPERIENCE, THE SECRET RULE HAS AN UNQUESTIONABLE MATURITY THAT IS EXPRESSED IN COMPLEX AND VARIED SOUND TEXTURES, SUPPORTED BY AN EXCELLENT WORK DONE DURING THE COMPOSITION PHASE.”
ROCK HARD (IT) – 7/10
“AGAINST IS AN EXCELLENT MODERN SYMPHONIC METAL ALBUM WHICH GIVES US SONGS WITH A DARK STYLE, WITH FAST, HEAVY, FORCEFUL, ENERGETIC, ROMANTIC, AND DIRECT MUSICAL NOTES!”
DARKZEN (MX) – 95/100
“FROM THE FIRST COUPLE OF SECONDS OF THIS ALBUM, I COULD TELL I WAS GOING TO LIKE IT. HOWEVER, I WAS WRONG, I DID NOT JUST LIKE IT. I LOVED IT.”
UBER ROCK (UK)
“THIS IS NO ORDINARY CONCEPT ALBUM, I FOUND ITS HYPOTHESES A COMBINATION OF HUMAN CONDITION AND THAT OF THE CELESTIAL, CHALLENGED ON AN UNKNOWN PASSAGE AS CYBER SLAVES.”
ROCKPOSER (UK)