"Irremediable" is quite a far shot from what "Concordat," Conspiracy's second album, embodies, but it's clear Carpathian Wolf wanted a new direction for his music, and that was certainly what he got. A lot of the heavy metal/hard rock influence was swapped for orchestration, keyboards, longer songs, and a lot vocal experimenting, such as falsetto ala King Diamond, which results in a riff-based prowl loaded on atmosphere and stealthy darkness instead of full frontal violence. Surprisingly, Conspiracy repelled from too much keyboards or orchestration, instead focusing on slicing tremolo riffs, ripping thrash touches, percussion that sounds like an army, and ravenous shrieking; ironically, the mixture of said-qualities turns incredibly enjoyable almost immediately. There are those unavoidable moments when everything backfires miserably, however: something like "Black Mass" is a cacophonic mess of keys, rasps, tedious riffs and orchestration seemingly glued together in some strange, tepid postulate that really gives "Irremediable" a poor foundation to work on.

But you know, journeys on such a path seldom result in treasure, yet the gods were clearly in the Wolf's favor. The overall melting pot appears quite excellent after the listener is given a chance to digest everything, which isn't easy because "Irremediable" really is an outlandish listen, but it certainly pays off. One of the major strengths of "Irremediable" and a core trait of Conspiracy's music is Karpatius' soloing and leads, which are so brilliantly written and fitting that he could make the dullest piece of dung in the world sound magnificent with a little finger flexing; few shredders are as talented and creative as he is. The various vocal forms, too, bring a lot of substance and color to tracks that otherwise might appear a bit dire.