Rather than pick up where they left off, GRAILS take the sky-high riff-based heaviness of their earlier albums and distill it into a nuanced, widescreen opus. The perennial influences of mid-20th century Western film scores, obscure library music, and psychedelic krautrock are indelibly imprinted, but 'Chalice Hymnal' exudes an eerie patience in unfurling the many layers of its subtle details.