It doesn’t sound only like US metal, but also German at times. It can be evil-sounding like Morbid Angel (when I mentioned a band, it’s early versions I’m referring to) or Deicide, epic as an epic heavy metal band, crazy as Slayer or Kreator, streetwise as Overkill or Sacred Reich, punky as Sodom or even grinding like Napalm Death at its fastest parts. Sometimes, this could be pioneering, and not just copying aforementioned bands. Why? Because this came out in 1988… Catchy and chaotic, epic and pillaging, Incubus covered a lot of ground here, never failing to sound fucking cool.
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The tempos from Moyses M. Howard vary from mid-paced to fast blasting. The blasting isn’t quite as fast as Pete Sandoval’s, but that is compensated by its heaviness. The beats are altered, so it’s not repeating itself a lot. As it was late 1980s, there was no triggers, so power of hit mattered. It doesn’t have much or any sloppiness, either. Generally, very well accomplished, skinsbashing-wise. The bass guitar is a bit lost in the mix, probably because it closely follows slightly reverbing drums.
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(Originally written for ArchaicMetallurgy.com)
the re-released version of this record in 1996 on Nuclear Blast/Radiation Records is not the same record as the 1988 release on Brutal Records in the US and on Metalworks in the UK. The re-release has many lyrics changed to be less violent and new vocals from Guitarist Francis Howard, who’s style is a bit to close to Max Cavalera to be considered unique sounding. Also the guitar tracks were re-recorded and are cleaner, but has less “bite” than the original guitar tracks.
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