Despite years of making above average in the underground, never had a chance to break into the mainstream. This most likely reflects on their past, which provided excellent but decidedly uncommercial music. Time will tell, but will hopefully be ranked with 's , , and as some of the finest ever made. Vocalist really comes into his own on this album; his vicious roar has never sounded as clear and focused as it does here. And chief songwriters and cut away the excess fat and created some truly memorable riffs and lyrics. comes flying out of the gates with a mountain of guitars and a raging railing against God and praising Lucifer like no one has since 's first album. is a thick, heavy number that shows off the twin guitar assault of . provides a truly classic moment as shrieks, "Kill! Kill! Kill! Die! Die! Die!" with a passion that is rarely displayed in this genre. And the awesome closes the album like stomping through Tokyo; the deliberate pace and incredible guitar work brings this closer to territory than they ever have ventured before. The best part of the whole affair is there is not a single boring (or even average) track on the whole album, and 's show-stealing performance really does make this a fantastic album. The band also maintains their high standard of lyric-writing; they may sing about , but they do not take the lame-brained approach of their contemporaries. really stepped up to the plate; few bands can survive longer than ten years and still make excellent albums. Hardcore fans may not always enjoy 's approach to the genre, but this is the true successor to 1994's fan-friendly . Any fan of quality underground should find this to be a superb effort from an underrated band. ~ Bradley Torreano