So I listened to all 4 CDs I was sent while driving around and this was the first. It starts and Ii think "Not bad! The intro reminds me of ACME (German band who sounded like a cross between the "Protestant" album from RORSCHACH TEST & some "Reign In Blood" too. Absolutely brutal!) Then I hear some cribbed MAIDEN riffs...still not bad. Kinda reminds me of that band IN FLAMES who do that whole melodic MAIDEN riffs gig. Then the vocals kick in, and my only comparison for this band is getting a hummer from a chick with braces. You wanna like it ooooh sooooo baaad and all the elements are there but something rubs you the wrong way. In this case it's his vocals & not yer rod gettin stuck between the railroad tracks every now & again.

Musically, the ACME sound was gone quickly & was replaced by MAIDEN riffing and a few chords lifted from "...And Justice For All", which would have been okay with me...but the vocals are that kinda white-guy-with-no-soul singing about stuff he doesn't really care about deal. I might have bought into it if there was some goddamn passion in his voice or some grit or SOMETHING but nothing really connected. I kept wishing for some Dickinson vocals to go along with all the MAIDEN riffs but I was left high & dry, sticky, alone, broke, & confused as I sped down the highway.

I personally think if the vocalist quit huffin' dong and started drinkin' whiskey by the gallon and smokin Lucky Strikes or even went to work in a dismal factory in, say, Bumfuck England he might get some soul in his pipes. Hey, Lemmy's voice ain't so hot but you'd best believe it's got some fuggin soul. I woulda even settled for some Halford style cat-in-heat histrionics. This coulda been a pretty heavy instro record instead of what it is which is ho hum, forgettable stuff. Neeexxt!!!

- Two Tub Tony

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