Eternal - Ace Aura

The good: "Eternal" sees Ace Aura opt for his typical dubstep style of minimal leads and colourful synth runs, but with a more polished, atmospheric twinge. His debut Monstercat EP is simple and hard-hitting, and in a rather trademark Ace Aura fashion, its approach is quite clear-cut and direct. In fact, you don't really get more direct than the simplistic yet impactful stylistic trademarks that "Eternal" so deftly handles, and there is definitely a beauty in that — a beauty that Ace Aura has always gone for, yet never with the polish displayed here in this record. Where the drops are punchy and intense, the offdrops are cleanly atmospheric. 

The bad: It's a shame that these offdrops let some of these ideas down, because "Eternal" can feel slightly forgettable due to them. Ultimately, whilst the drops shine, the atmospheres are a little too minimal, perhaps, or not quite novel enough — whatever it is, most of the tracks fail to be engaging outside of the drop's energies.