An album wherein you can visibly see the band's progress. I am almost sure this was recorded before the split with Breag Naofa, as the split continues this upwards trend. Sad they haven't released anything since. 1 starts off on a functional but extremely generic post- intro, and takes 3:45 to get into a riff that feels really unsatisfying, both compositionally as it is fairly straightforward, and in tone as the guitar prod feels qutie weak and not as crunchy as it should be. This goes on for a while, and you hope another bigger explosion is coming. After a short bridge, this happens: the vocals finally arrive after 9 minutes. They are one of teh strong points on the record, raw and aggressive, and getting rawer and more powerful as time goes on. Really makes most of the crunch in the explosions, not the riffs. Drums have also some nice rollz here and there. But mostly, this peak 'explosion' feels very molle vocals aside, and starting from min 15 the track gets really awkward. In contrast, 2's intro is a lot less generic, is darker, more subtle, has cool drums, unfolds well into the vocals, and then into a riff that has a lot more meat to it, though the tone is still not all that. Vox are a highlgiht again, and after a bridge there is another crazy cool riffy explosion. The buildup to the midtrack is nice, but the midtrack explosion itself sucks quite frankly. There is another one at 12 that is simple but cool. All in all a track that shows the band was still looking for its footing, but was looking in the right direction. Alas with the first track bringing it down LP is hardly a 3.3
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