The album contains a steady diet of metal, which is enough to satisfy a healthy headbanger. The screams are loud, the drums and bass rock, plus the guitar work is very good. This is competent metal. So far, Pure Metal hasn't made any mistakes. This album fills a needed space in Christian music. The only secular counterpart I can compare this album to is Black Sabbath with Ronnie Dio. Musically, that's a compliment. Dale Thompson has benefitted from the years of seasoning he experienced releasing tape after tape with Matrix. "Follow Your Heart" has a cool acoustic-style bridge in it. The production overall is good. The songwriting has some good messages, which should bear some good fruit. I have a problem with the lyrics to "Follow Your Heart," so I talked to Dale about it. "Follow your heart and not your head," seems to convey an anti-intellectual attitude, which disturbs me. Jesus never told us to commit intellectual suicide and not use our brains. Dale is not trying to convey this message, though. "Follow your heart," says Dale, "which means follow Jesus instead of your head. Because the devil likes to play tricks on your mind. He cannot actually get inside your conscious. Jesus is your conscious. Here in Kentucky, I was always taught that your heart and your conscious are the same thing. That's basically what that means." "Thunder In The City" stands out on this album for its Jefferson Starship-type piano intro and then its Doors-style verses before Dale brings things home with a scream. Dale shows his creativity on this song, which can sometimes be a rare commodity in heavy metal. This song also has some of the hottest guitar leads on the album. Overall, each song doesn't depart too far from the others, except for the afore-mentioned, and none of them are fillers. "Evil That Men Do" is the first exceptional song on the album and "The First Will Be Last" is the last exceptional song on the album (The pun was totally intended). Each song on this album is good, which means this album will be worn out by many a Bride fan. Bob Hopkins, Midwestern correspondant extraordinaire, gave this album an 82 out of 100 rating. Get it or regret it...