I think this was really cool stuff, and it feels a bit underrated. I do think the band is much stronger here instrumentally than it is vocally. The vocals aren't really bad, but they often feel like the music deserved better, or are overbearing. The initial trio demonstrates this quite well: 1-2 are pretty cool gritty tracks with less than ideal vocals, and 3 is less gritty but really fun with super cool riffage - but there is just too much of the vocals man. 4 continues this, while 5 is more on the crazy noisy weird side, which for a whole album would annoy me but here is cool. 6 is more kinda cool weirdcore, whilst 7 and 8 are nicely riffy and cool, though 8 doesn't start off as well. 9 remains fun thanks to its riffage in spite of the vox. The vox on 10 is cool, reminiscient of quite hardcore punk stuff, but although the voice itself is nice, what he sings is kinda cringe - almost feels like talking but screamed. 11 is hella cool. This record is cool, what's up with this average? 3.6
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