Awesome, relatively
This is a great song, and I'd love to buy the album (if I could find it). The overall crunch of the music took a turn for the worse around 1:10. It became a lighter flurry of riffs. I like the lilting, Jimmy Page-like riffs of the beginning. And then it switched to the metal part, which was a different dynamic than the rest of the song before that. The fuzzy parts around 2:30, or so, were, arguably the most interesting part of the song, as a space-vibe was now present. That was thrown out and replaced by an ultrafast solo pace for some of the rest of the song. Stylistically, this song jumped around too much to remain enjoyable. It's fine if you make an 8 min. song, but try to stick to a similar theme or two similar themes.
Also, the lyrics aren't amazing. In fact, they're downright derivative. They don't change with the tempo/mood changes, which could have been this song's saving grace. Instead, they are the same type of cliched writing we've all heard about a billion times before.
I can't complain about the musicianship, though. That was good, and so was the vocalist. My biggest piece of advice, stick to one or two themes.
Peace!
~the Crab.