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Time for more of the other old Bay Area bands to get some time to shine with a new release! Been listening to the singles that trickled out over the past year, and some are meh and some are good but don't merit more than a few spins. So I think I'll just link a personal highlight for me. Starts off slow n heavy before kicking it up in tempo. Other highlights are a couple of the singles - the opener and Divided by Zero.

They still play thrash metal thankfully, but like with all other contemporaries, heavy amounts of groove have been incorporated within. At least the album isn't so predictable as others.

Immediately you'll notice the original singer is not here; he's retired from the industry, replaced by Norman Skinner. Vocal delivery is definitely different, more abrasive on the aggressive parts, softer during the quieter bits. There was one point though, I was thinking to myself, that he can match the cadence of older material nearly perfectly in Divided by Zero. Can't speak for the rest of the band, they preform as expected, though I really enjoyed some guitarwork during the middle of Psyclops.

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