In the Face of the Enemy

If you've never heard Disarray...well you haven't missed out on much. Disarray manages to take a thrash influenced style of riffs and place it with a very mediocre Phil Anselmo type vocals. Yeah Disarray sounds a lot like Pantera, at least in my opinion.

In the Face of the Enemy is really not a bad album. The drums are pretty cool on this album, playing a lot of off beats and syncopated rhythms. It is like you never know what he is going to do...and then bam! here comes this weird, but interesting, drum fill. The riffs are pretty good, mostly sounding thrashy, but some riffs are very Patneraish. Most of the riffs are recycled, or at least none really stand out as on their own. Productions is good, but other than that this album has nothing that stands out.

The thing that draws negativity towards this album is the singing. I have heard worse, but this is really up there. It is like a mix between James Hetfield and Phil Anselmo -I guess that is where their southern influence comes from. His voice just becomes really annoying after the first couple of lines. There are a couple of cool songs worth mentioning, like Voice of Reason, Burned Soul, and This World. Other than that, it is just a bunch of recycled fillers. If you like Pantera's later music, then you will definitely appreciate this album. If you don't like Pantera and other bands like this...well then stay away.