A killer bass-type groove opens this and they take it out from there in fine fashion. This is funky and heavy and distorted and oh so tasty. They take this through a number of changes and alterations. It really must be compared to King Crimson because it does feel a lot like something that the group might have done. It’s powerful, electric and just plain rocks.

There is a lot of melody and dramatic texture built into this rocker. It’s a bit more mainstream, but the swirling stick still keeps the flavor in-tact. They take it through a couple changes and it’s another strong cut.

With pounding, stabbing bits of sound, this is definitely more along the strange side of things than the two openers. It’s no less cool, though. They take it through some particularly dramatic shifts and changes along the road.

The main section of this has more of that King Crimson meets an almost funky groove makes up the opening section here. There’s a more melodic movement that takes it after that, though, and those two concepts are alternated throughout the piece.

Atmospheric sounds start things here. There are spoken vocals as this builds out in a steamy sultry way. A little after the one minute mark a meaty guitar line soars over the top as the cut gains a bit more “oomph.” This thing just oozes “cool,” though. This is definitely the most mainstream thing. It’s also got plenty of meat, though. It’s melodic and very accessible. It’s my favorite piece on the whole thing and a real work of art.

In keeping with the title, they purely pounds in here before moving out to more spacey, but still crunchy, explorations. This beast feels more free-form and experimental than anything else here.

Melodic and somewhat mellow tones open this and the cut builds out for a short time like that. Then it gets a heavier backdrop and the melodic jamming ensues over the top in fine fashion. While this is still in keeping with that stick/modern King Crimson vibe, it’s also got more of a mainstream progressive rock texture to it. There’s almost a Yes kind of building progression to it. Around the three minute mark, though, it drops down and we get a very heavy jam that ensues from there. It’s very much like a heavy metal King Crimson. Around the five and a half minute mark we’re taken to ambient space music. As this continues it evolves in rather freeform ways, getting very heavy for a time before settling back down to ambience. Then it works back out to the earlier melodic prog that was rather Yes-like. There’s another short foray into stranger territories before that prog section takes it to the closing.