The songs "A King Alone" and "Faces" feature vocals from the band members, while "Shadow in the Rose Garden" features vocals from Kelly Koval, which themselves are sampled from their earlier song "Promise Me a Rose Garden".

("Shadow in the Rose Garden") Meanwhile, three men, the Brothers of Wisdom, infiltrate the caverns of Metropolis in order to obtain control of the M Machine.

("Deep Search") After braving multiple threats, they come face-to-face with a giant spider and are last seen fighting it to get to the Machine.

("Black") [2] All tracks are written by Andy Coenen, Ben Swardlick and Eric Luttrell"Metropolis Part I" was met with mostly positive reviews.

Hit the Floor praised the record as a "breath of fresh air in the current music landscape where things can get very repetitive",[3] while In Your Speakers stated "The incredible element of this is the concepts manifested in the songs are also concrete metaphors, allowing the abstract sounds to resemble and inspire their physical counterparts, making the world come alive in a way that is rare even for written words".