3 Stars Out of 5 -- "It's Intelligent, Subtle and Immaculately Played.", "10 superbly refined metal songs....The quintet nails every track with an inspired precision any band would kill to possess.", 3 Stars - Good - Recommended as one of the top 5 metal albums of 1990. - "..The thinking person's rock album...which exudes craft and intelligence at will without ever sounding pretentious or forgetting mighty riffs and classic melodies.."