While clocking in at only 20 minutes, and containing just seven tracks, 's may very well be their best release. And having a crisp, brilliant layout for the album art doesn't hurt the cause, either. The first track starts out with vocalist bellowing in his caustic, wounded tone. The drumbeats start off simply, and right before everything explodes, subtly proclaims, "You can't kill us all," thus opening the way for a song full of rhythmic, churning guitar work, tight drumming, and rumbling basslines, all of which are accompanied by the thick vocal growls. Much of the album follows that routine, but always finds a way to keep things interesting, whether it be the zombie-like cadence on or the off-time, back-and-forth guitar work on There are a good amount of time changes and starts-and-stops worked into the squealing guitar work of . The rhythm section maintains a ridiculously tight reign on their set of the songs, reminding the listener that despite the up-front guitar work and 's memorable vocals, they're actually the real power behind . When the listener is driven to the lyrics in the booklet, they'll find biting, sharp barbs whose overall message remains somewhat mysterious. Nonetheless, they accompany the tracks quite well, and work with the vocals perfectly to emphasize the gritty, brutal nature of the band. Amazingly, the highlight of would have to be the amount of groove and tight rhythms. That's not to say that this is music one can dance to, rather, in the midst of trying to work the time-changes that many a future band would try and emulate, they've actually doubled back on themselves and created a very rudimentary, almost rhythm in many of the songs. Granted, that beat tends to change quite often, but it's surely a welcome surprise considering the lack of progression and intelligence all too often seen in . ~ Kurt Morris