My world opens with the indescribably dark anger of Dawn, with the manta "if I had an answer I'd kill it for myself". The sinister tone of Dawn is only heightened by the samples used in Dirty minute secret in which a man overcomes the odds and possibly good (if not well-intentioned) advice to throw a boxing fight by taking a fall.

If memory serves this is sampled from Daredevil and opens potently into Fight. The fact that the boxer dies put a twist on the seemingly boundless energy in Fight, it was tinged with a feeling that occasionally all that can overcomes corruption is to face it down and remain defiant. Velvet Acid Christ's Dead flesh has a similar overall feel and theme, but lacks the impact and unity provided by The Coil of Sihn.

When I die is reminiscent of the children's voices that are on Echo and the Bunnymen's People are strange as the camera pans over the bay at the beginning of The Lost Boys; both beautiful and disturbing.

Having heard Dial in I will never listen to Type O Negative in quite the same way. The telephone seems to act as glue holding things together that might otherwise drift on a different course, continued with the use of voicemail messages in Chaos and Random question.

March bleeding builds upon a beautifully effective piano base giving the overall impression of a flawed nursery rhyme, where the flaw is both the source of the beauty and the cause of distress.

Straight razor owes a small debt to Nine Inch Nails, Gary Numan and KISS but Sihn has taken these influences, mixed them with something entirely his own and produced something that brings both light and darkness. Helping set the tone is the fact that the song starts with a sample from Logan's Run, the part right before the computer at a security checkpoint assigns Logan a top secret mission, and changes the colour of his palm crystal (or life clock), thereby significantly shortening his life.

By altering the words to God of Thunder, Sihn has created a song that fits him far more than Gene Simmons could have imagined in his most ego-maniacal dreams.

Threads is slower paced than the majority of My world. It is also the track that uses the most openly viciously sample which contrasts with the duet style vocals creating a bewitching combination that Orgy would kill to achieve.

The wordplay in the title of Close(t) in addition to the depth of the music is a reminder how important NIN are in music and also acts as an example of what can be done with the bare bones of songs that they lay down. Both Filthy and Fallen are brooding and heartfelt.

I can't think of a single band that some close to putting the heart and soul into their music to such great effect as The Coil of Sihn. More than merely technically superb there is the undeniable sense that every minuet aspect of each song has been long considered and intertwined until it was entirely perfectly balanced.

The sound of the wind on Walk are simultaneously intimidating and uplifting, in the same way as Dusk mixes sadness with hope. My world is a mixture of the furthest reaches of emotion, all blended into a coherent and beautifully devastating outpouring that is the musical equivalent of a rainbow; a prominent sign that despite everything and incorporating all events something stunningly heartrending in its beauty can exist.

Blood candy is a track that I think a fair few formerly-lost souls with gravitate towards; the power of the imagery and the vocals rise from a gothic Put a spell on you to build into an almost glam crescendo.

In an example of perfect timing and showmanship that serves Sihn through his creative outputs is the breath-taking interpretation of NIN's Hurt which is walks the delicate path between the original and Johnny Cash's now overplayed version - a bittersweet combination of joy and sorrow, hope for the future made all the brighter by past regrets.

From the furiously defiance of Fight to the heart-rending Hope The Coil of Sihn are masterful in style, conception and execution. My world demonstrates that living is only the beginning, it is by truly surviving and enabling others to touch what they otherwise might be unable to that everything falls into place.