Not sure what I was realistically expecting when I picked this up, but it sure wasn't this. Sludgy stuff with copious amounts of punk and stoner metal influences. I'm not a huge fan of the vocals, which are pissed off HC screaming, but at least compared to other stuff I typically review on here, the vox actually fit the music to some extent and accentuate the punk influences here. The title track and "War Between the Worlds" (which are coincidentally the only 4+ minute tracks) represent the band at their most metallic and doomy, particularly with the Sabbath influences in the latter. I'd even feel comfortable calling these particular tracks stoner doom. But to be honest,, in the unlikely event that I ever decide to revisit this CD, it's probably going to be for the more upbeat rock'n'roll influenced stuff like "Drink to Think," where the vocal style makes the lyrics even more amusing.
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