The first of the 4 songs, “Snowtorch Part One”, is 19:43 long and is divided into 4 parts: Star of Light, Retrograde, Fox on the Rocks and Celestine. It begins quietly with plenty of vocals. And again, it's song-oriented, typical of Phideaux. Equally typical, the lyrics flow beautifully into the song with a wonderful melody. I'm only talking about the lyrics! Together with the music, it's really good. “Helix”, at 05:54 significantly shorter, but still long enough and performed only by the female singers. It's also song-oriented prog in a nutshell. Side two begins with "Snowtorch Part Two" (16:11), which is divided into three parts: Blowtorch Snowjob (instrumental), Fox Rock (song-oriented), and Coronal Mass Ejection (also song-oriented). Everything flows together beautifully. This is what "modern" retro-prog is all about. The fourth song, "Untitled", takes up the musical theme again instrumentally. A brief conclusion to a thoroughly successful album.

I understand "Snowtorch" as a journey from the very large to the very small. From light, matter, and life, humankind emerges, with its consciousness, its doubts, and ultimately its fear of death. Instinctively, every person knows that they are unique and live only once. And then comes language, with which we humans create constructs of what happens within and around us. The external world is real, but how we see and describe it is a construct. Perhaps this also explains why the individual parts, despite their different musical styles, fit together so well.

For me, we are stardust and will return to stardust. Our lives lie in between. And this path is precisely what matters.

The basic structure has been criticized for being too similar and unsurprising. In my opinion, this criticism falls short. With a concept album, I don't see internal coherence as a weakness. "Chupacabras", "Fiendish", and "313" function differently than "Doomsday Afternoon", "Number 7", and even "Snowtorch". Therefore, I prefer to compare "Snowtorch" to the trilogy, to which I believe it fits thematically, even if it's not officially part of the trilogy. From this perspective, "Snowtorch" isn't boring to me, and certainly not uninspired. On the contrary, it complements "Doomsday Afternoon" and, for me, completes "The Eco Terror Tale."