This is a huge review coming all the way from the UK. Powerplay Magazine is one of UK's premier Rock & Metal magazines, now in its 10th year and finally on Trig.
Here it is.
"Taking elements of thrash, nu metal and alternative rock, this Toronto based band pack a punch not normally associated with bands from Canada. Not surprisingly Man The Destroyer don’t have a particularly rosy opinion of mankind’s contribution to the world. Lyrically, there’s a lot of disillusionment, dissatisfaction and disaffection (indeed almost any word with the prefix dis-) on the record. It’s designed for uneasy listening. Songs structures are varied so you get heavy thrash guitar and full scream vocal on like of “Wasted Life” and “Seven Deadly Sins”, paranoid sounding industrial metal on “When Freedom Fails” and an almost Pink Floyd feel in the verse of “Forever June”. There’s straight indie rock on “It Ends With You” and punk attitude on “The Hole”. Some riffs have memorable hooks such as “Freakout” but choruses don’t bury so deep, relying often on bludgeoning you over the head with the song title repeatedly in the hopes it sticks. With such variety of influences and styles, there are lots of shades on the album (albeit shades of black) and the band change gears well. However, their diversity could also be their downfall as the indie rock may not be heavy enough for the metal heads and the screaming vocals might alienate the sensitive types. A lot depends on lead singer, rhythm guitarist and lyricist PJ Bahramian if live he has the ability and charisma to pull these different strands together to make it a cohesive whole."
------ By Duncan Jamieson, Power Play Magazine