An improvement over the overrated and the not-so-obscured-as-it-deserves debut album. But not by much. In essence the band sounds better. The performance is more tight, less off-key off-tune moments, the production has improved, but it is clear that there was no talented songwriter in this band to actually make this album go beyond the average-passable impression. The band wanted to clone Reign in Blood in essence. Look at the album length and the focus on being as fast and brutal as possible. As a result, with the exception of the first 2 tracks, all the songs sound the same. There is almost no variety but not so many bad/awful moments either. One cannot blame you if this band went over your radar in the 80s. Or even if it goes under the radar now. This is essentially a 3rd tier thrash band.
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