The CD's artwork is a mass of flames, burning flags and glowing embers, while the band's press shot depicts the trio standing in the ruins of a derelict warehouse or other such industrial space that's fallen into disrepair. Such are the main themes of the album: social collapse, mankind's destructive tendencies, the raping of the earth's resources.
The sounds of a raging riot provide the backdrop to the opener, 'Fall', a steely snarl of apocalyptic demoralisation reminiscent of 'Filthpig'-era Ministry. 'The Fire Sermon' is a hefty trudge, that crawls like larva, before the tempo leaps on the brutal blaze of 'Omen', with its refrain 'the corrupted eye is blind'. Through barren scenes of dystopian currents, the album's message is stark: we're fucked. Destruction, annihilation, hunt or be hunted, kill or be killed, survivalism, fear and hatred: welcome to the world.
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