By the end of the second track, "There Is Something Vicious" (could they think of a worse title?), any discerning listener is rolling his eyes, asking, "Downtuned one-note rhythms? Really? Haven't we heard enough of that in the last five years?" It's hard to tell where the songs change, and the occasional, tedious guitar solos, while providing a break from the rest of the record, prove remarkably uninspired.

To be fair, the guitar riffs, while far from catchy or innovative, do showcase some technical agility, and given the constant double-bass-drum onslaught, drummer Benjamin Kuhnemund must have some pretty powerful, well-practiced legs.

The time-signature change in "The Daily Grind" is particularly effective, especially with the harmonized guitars. Parts of "A Wrong Person to Trust In" (apparently, they could think of a worse title) have a heavy, mainstream-rock, midtempo vibe to them, and the guitar solo, for a change, rocks.