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Limited vinyl with lyric insert Oh well, two outta three ain't bad (at least according to Meatloaf) but for a band like Demolition Hammer, to release two spectacular albums and then resort to an album of this calibre is quite unfathomable. The fact that the guitars are down a full step, and the once catchy and melodic guitar solos have all but disappeared, makes for a rather large let down to the fans of their earlier material. By point of fact, there are NO guitar solos, only one short little generic embellishment in the song �Mongoloid�. Now onto the lyrics, there still ok in terms of creativity and general ideas, but the sincerity and catchy choruses that were rampant on the last two albums just aren't there. In fact the song Time Bomb has only one verse, chorus, bridge and then back to the chorus? What the fuck? All complaints aside though, there still are some decent attributes to this disc. Steve's voice is still brutal and awesome; he truly gives a terrifying performance (in a good way) on this album. His guttural throating ability allows the listener to feel the angry emotion that is associated with some of the lyrical content. As for the drumming, Alex may not be as good as Vinny Daze, but then again very few people could've filled Vinny's shoes. �The Brutalizer� Marquez definitely does some interesting stuff on the drums and some of his double bass stuff is very impressive. Also check out some of the hardware stuff going on during the build-up in the intro part of the title track. Another cool thing about this album is the samples used in the opening track Under The Table, which were taken from the Al Pacino flick Serpico. Not bad but not great! Track listing: 1. Under The Table 2. Power Struggle 3. Mindrot 4. Bread And Water 5. Missing: 5/7/89 6. Waste 7. Unidentified 8. Blowtorch 9. Mongoloid-Devo cover 10. Time Bomb