Three newies from Wolfbrigade, and given their lengthy tenure you could be forgiven for thinking you know exactly what you’re gonna get. While they’ve hardly ditched the d-beats and gone pop punk there are some cheeky twists and changes of tack: the band seem to be leaning even harder on the buzzsaw sound, and, for a brief moment, they go full-on, sewage-gargling death metal during the title track’s fist-waving onslaught. ‘Brainruler’ is definitely the most typical track here, blurting along enjoyably enough and lulling you into a false sense of security before ‘Necronomion’ chucks all preconceptions in the bin: it clocks in at an epic (!) five minutes, and opts for a repetitious, mid-paced pound that puts me in mind of Sepultura’s ‘Orgasmatron’ cover. What was that about old dogs and new tricks again?
