Rob Dukes is back with another thrash hardcore album. Not totally an amazing album, where a few songs stand out: Never Relent, Into the Black, Dogs of War (featuring John Joseph on vocals) and Opiate Of The Misinformed Masses (great vocals and song theme). Could be better, yet not disappointing.

Written by Joppe on 02.06.2022 at 21:05

Rob Dukes is back with another thrash hardcore album. Not totally an amazing album, where a few songs stand out: Never Relent, Into the Black, Dogs of War (featuring John Joseph on vocals) and Opiate Of The Misinformed Masses (great vocals and song theme). Could be better, yet not disappointing.

Totally agree, a few good songs (MKUltra, Into the Black, Dogs of War, Opiate) low points (Rat King, Mold of Clay)
Common theme throughout the whole album, sometimes a bit too repetitive with not much variation musically.
Nothing bad, yet nothing amazing....good/average album.

It's not a bad album but nothing particularly stands out about it either. It has a pretty solid tempo, and plenty of aggression, but unfortunately all that aggressive energy kinda goes too waste as the songwriting is too generic imo. I also find the riffing and structures kinda generic too, and the vocals way too overpowering. But on the plus side the bass sounds pretty decent, and some of the soloing ain't too bad either.