There is a new generation of Doom metal bands that hail mostly from outside of the United States. Some of them are: Anathema, Celestial Season, My Dying Bride, Paradise Lost, etc. There aren't too many bands in the Christian music field of this genre--at least that we know of. The only bands that come to mind are: Paramaecium, Veni Domine, and now, Schaliach. Since I believe that doom is by far the classiest form of metal, you can just imagine how excited I was to get this. You should be too!
I noticed right away how much Schaliach sounds like both GROMS and Paramaecium. Like GROMS, they hail from Norway (a good sign). But Schaliach is far more polished and classically oriented with Malmsteen-like passages throughout. And when you learn that 99% of the music was played by one man, Ole Borud, you'll realize that the Malmsteen reference is not so much a compliment as just a comparison (this is not to say that Ole plays those monotonous, million-note solos). Needless to say, this guy is really talented. The only musicians I can think of in CCM that are this talented on more than one or two instruments are: Greg Flesch (DA, Swirling Eddies), Scott Albert (Circle of Dust, Argyle Park), and Ted Kirkpatrick (Tourniquet).
For those of you who have a much broader musical palette, I think Schaliach sounds most like Celestial Season or My Dying Bride (my wife hates that name). I would feel most comfortable recommending this disc to anyone who is into the newest wave of Doom/death bands coming from Scandinavia and England. I also advise CCM buyers who want something truly substantive, something they will not soon tire of, buy this.