Why?: I read somewhere (Metal Hammer?) this was one of those "must have" thrash albums. It's critically their "best" album.
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I remember not thinking a lot of this when I finally got to play it and listening again now hasn't much changed my mind, despite my knowledge and enjoyment of metal being much more than it was at the time.
The music is OK, but not amazing, perhaps a little too ambitious. It leans more toward the Anthrax side of thrash, the punkier side. I don't enjoy the vocals much either... they remind me heavily of an Australian band I randomly got into in the 90s called "Against The Grain" who I guess must have been influenced by this band, or coincidently sounded the same.
Nothing really stuck much this time. I don't think I'd miss this CD if it went. I can hear all sorts of quality in it, I just don't enjoy it, at all.
I read that while touring this album the band had a bus crash and their drummer was badly hurt, effectively ending the band. They've since reformed and released numerous albums, I should have a listen.
4/10
