
From Trevor Phipps' screaming vocals to the band's suffocating use of density, tracks like 'Black Hearts Now Reign,' 'Lie to Purify,' and 'Failure' pack a brutal punch. Some of 's riffing hints at thrash metal, but is a metalcore disc first and foremost - and most of the bands that were part of thrash in the '80s and early '90s (, among others) were not as harsh as. Mercy is not a high priority on this 2004 release, which demonstrates just how nasty, punishing, and downright vicious the metalcore style can be. If wanted to cover a classic hit, the logical choice would be 1960's 'Ain't That a Kick in the Head' - not because sounds anything at all like the late Rat Pack crooner, but because does, in fact, feel like a kick in the head.
