This was a treat to listen to, I fully felt all the different inspirations you talked about here but also feel like this stands out incredibly well as its own unique work, right when i started to wonder when it was gonna change you picked everything up at the perfect time and my jaw was on the floor, super exciting to listen to! It takes work to have an 8 minute piece be captivating the whole way through and you have done a fantastic job. The different motifs make this even more enjoyable to listen to, as there is so many different ideas to latch on to, and none of them really encroach on each other! I'm not the best when it comes to mixing, but the drums to feel like they have a touch too much reverb on them and kind of drown the really excellent effects you had built up over the course of the rest of the song. Overall I was super impressed though, excellent work!!!