It begins with ‘End of August’ with some genius song lines. It is just the combination of the spoken words, the screams and the raw emotion. What has become of the broken hearted? Carve your names, I will remember every one of you.
Songs like ‘Heart and the Shape’, ‘Bloodwork’ and ‘With Nothing Underneath’, are songs that have a brutal character but are o so pure that it almost make you get the shivers. Emotions as emotions were meant originally.

‘Song For the Fisherman’ is a spoken word song, but with some poetic lyrics, that don`t come across as a pseudo-poetic fucked up lyric made by a lead singer that longs for a depression but doesn`t know the meaning of it.

36 crazyfists has more eye for the melody. A song like ‘Installing the Catheter’, shows you wat I mean. A chorus that is so fucking catchy but ends with a hardcorelike breakdown.
Beauty and the beast? No, fuck you. Fuck the beauty, fuck the beast. This is music on a whole different frequency.

Absolute highlight is the last song ‘Waterhaul’ which is the best song I’ve heard in months. It has only 2 parts, but they are so effective. It has everything. The lyrics are absolutely amazing, as they are on the whole record. 11 songs with lyrics that are not cliché, but full of metaphores and original hooks.

Maybe this cd is less brutal and heavy, but out of stylistic viewpoint it has better structures, better songs. The dynamic is perfect, the songs are built up so well, you can listen to these songs every moment of the day. Melancholic and cynical. Like reading a book from Herman Brusselmans (famous belgian writer).

I have to give this cd 95 points, the highest rating since I work here. They deserve it.
This is the end of nu-metal.
This is the end of nu-metal as we know it.
Go get this record.
Essential.