If this truly is the first thing they ever released, it is damn impressive. This thing bangs harder than most thrash metal I've heard. Now, will I listen to this again, probably not. The prod is more than respectable for an early EP/demo, but it does feel muffled and thin still, and the songs (or some at least) seem to be featured again in their later works with better production. That doesn't take any of the merit away. Vocals move between sort of hard rocky thrashy generic stuff to more Tool-typical vox. The riffs riff to various degrees, and tracks like 1 or 3 are very cool. There are whiffs of their future sound to be found everywhere, there is nice bass when you can hear it, but every other track feels a tad more generic - albeit pretty cool. Kinda rules, won't listen again. 3.8
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