Whilst still far remote from what they would eventually go on to release, this one starts to give tiny hints that these demos were indeed released by Cynic and not by some obscure thrash metal band. This one ups the aggressiveness even more although the prod does not allow it to go too far, and displays a lot more technicality than previously, which is evident from the first track on. The vocals are angrier, the riffs are mightier, more numerous, and more complex, and while the wankery soloing bits at the end of 2 and 3 prevent this from ever leaving the 3.0 tier, I would say this demo is the first one to be actually worthwile for a Cynic fan wanting to see where they came from, and in a vacuum is still a fun technical thrash demo with just a slight hint of dm. 3.24
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