Seeing as this album has some fairly annoying screaming in much of the vocal delivery, I'll say that firstly, you will need to give this album more than a couple listens to get past the mediocre vocals. If you can get past the vocals, you'll find some very good hardcore/thrash music here that transits seamlessly from thrashy guitars to points where it almost sounds like the ever-over-rated secular Korn. Mind you, it doesn't sound like the "Christian answer to Korn" here but it does do some justice in that area of music. Interestingly enough, there are also a few points when it seems as though the band has taken some interest in death metal in their influences.
Having listened to this band's demo material I would have to say that I was extremely surprised to hear how they have matured. From the days of "nothing is new" to the now very emotional lyrical content of Christian vs. man, they say some very interesting things. There are also standard Christian metal times of praise lyrics... but they are very tasteful and well-written.
Musically, this band is missing some production intensity, but with some good presence and better recording, this could be one monster of a sound if I do say so myself (and I do). There is quite a bit of talent within the group that seems to be pointed in the right direction. Songs like Fear is the Enemy and well, almost every song on this album proves without a doubt, that this band can bring some hard-hitting hardcore/metal into a nice package....
Overall, buy this album and support the band and good metal. My only real complaint would be that I don't quite know why the musicians don't keep their friendship with the vocalist and find someone better. This band could be so good... but the vocals will turn too many away for them to get the rightful support in my opinion.
7/10
Other coverage for this album
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