Looking out into the rainy streets of Helsinki is just as bleak as it used to be for Finland's Rapture. Yet three years after the release of debut album "Futile," Rapture are more confident than ever, and "Songs for the Withering's" resplendent forward stride demonstrates that. "Songs for the Withering" is about growth, and crafting an album with the pains that come with it. See, the album is full of striking melodic guitar lines that effortlessly work their way around a rock-solid rhythmic foundation, and an ambitious dual-vocal approach. Melodic death metal Rapture is, but it's not that simple. To truly understand Rapture is to listen to it, to flow with every nuance, peak and valley.