A high quality series of good metal songs, which some very memorable ones such as "Black Lodge" and the "This is not an exit". This album is the best old-style thrash-metal album, comparable to "Ride the Lightning" by Metallica, but longer and more varied. The music is not as brainless and monotone as 'normal' heavy metal, and the singer is much more of a singer than a shouter, he's not like Sepultura or Pantera, more like Therapy & Metallica. Not an extreme album, not offensive, it is interesting and varied thrash/heavy metal.