Heavy metal with slow marching verses, galloping double-kick pre-choruses, and a crushing half-time chorus; verse rides cold minor-key riffs and sparse toms, pre-chorus tightens with rising guitar harmonies and snare rolls, chorus hits with stacked gang shouts and huge sustained power chords. Harsh lead vocal with grit, layered low doubles, anguished shouted ad-libs, and a few ghostly whispered tails. Ice-cold wind swells, reverse cymbal lifts, and metallic impacts bridge the sections; bright aggressive mix, wide and punishing.