I was mildly pleased to find that this CD was better than what the band photos and nu-metallish bandname suggested, but for the purposes of this blog that's still very relative--it's not something I would voluntary pick over the thousands of better musical options available.
The band mixes groove metal with melodeath, thrash, and metalcore elements. While I'm not a big fan of the more modern influences, they're not quite as overdone as in other bands of the style, and with the presence of actual song variety and some decent riffage, I have to acknowledge their compositional skill as being better than similar bands.
...Of course, any positives are ruined by the forced aggro vocals. "Leader of Disaster" (or at least the first part) in particular would have had so much potential with some actual vicious thrash or death vocals, but the strained Pantera vox just make me lose interest. Not as bottom of the barrel as breakdown-happy metalcore or Vulgar Display of Power emulation, sure, but nothing to get excited about either.
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