"...For the uninitiated, Desolate Shrine play a cacophonous compound of death metal. Blackened ink and a doomed proof of concept author their soundscapes, yet the finished article remains ultimately death-bound. Although esoteric in nature, I’ve always enjoyed the band’s deft capacity to layer their work with subtle, yet grievous hooks. Deliverance From the Godless Void possessed a vast ebb and flow, which substantially influenced frontman, LL’s, funeral-adjacent Convocation. Fires of the Dying World doesn’t so much as veer off the beaten track, but rather changes tact. Instead of a one-way ticket to perdition, these songs offer an excavation of your soul, one blunt fracture at a time...

- FERROUS BEULLER, angrymetalguy.com