It's truly sad that this is the album they ended the band on, an album with very few redeeming qualities. The lyrics are abysmal and clunky, which matches the restrictively mechanical instrumentals. We're talking mechanical in terms of a rusted, dangerous factory machine, not a well-oiled, slick machine like Meshuggah. They aren't just phoning it in, they're using a fucking telegraph.
The vocals are the most monotonous I've ever heard. The only decent songs on here that rise above this dreadful sludge were the ones co-written with Tony Campos (Lunatic, Z28 and Stringwray) as the rest were written solely by Wayne Static. There isn't much to talk about instrumentally beyond the inane decision to feature two guitar solos on Lunatic, one of which is played by Dave Mustaine of Megadeth. Neither are incredibly impressive or fit the song well at all.
I bought this album on release and I have no idea why I haven't just thrown it out, it's that worthless. Not worth the purchase, not worth the download and definitely not worth the listen. I'm sure there's a Jonestown joke somewhere here when it comes to the album title, but I don't feel putting in any more effort than the band did for this album.
1.5 / 10
Highlights: "Lunatic", "Z28" and "Stringwray" (the video below is mislabeled)
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