Cost: $2.00
Took a chance with this disc since it looked like it was somewhere on the modern metal spectrum (I was hoping thrash), and even though I didn't have particularly high expectations, this was a disappointment. The opener and a few other tracks are standard groove metal. Nothing interesting for me, but kind of what I expected.
Then I was a bit surprised because instead of doing the straightforward Pantera/Machine Head aggro thing, several songs have clean vocals and go down more of a '90s heavy alternative rock path. Several tracks also have simple electronica intros which give off a vaguely industrial vibe, so there are similarities to, I don't know, Stabbing Westward or something like that? There are even a couple sections of forced guttural vocals. This EP ends up being about half groove metal and half rock, but regardless of genre, the variety of vocal styles and musical influences failed to make this any more interesting for me. So metal fans should just be warned that the 1:22 long "Dizzy" (groove metal, but with one of their "better" aggressive riffs) and a very short heavy break that pops up in the hidden track (which seems to be some parody anti-corporate punk rock song, possibly a cover?) are about as good as this gets.
