The album starts with 'Prepare For Attack', a hardcore thrash metal song with cutthroat riffs and solid solos, followed by 'Fatal Intervention' which has sufficient groove, pounding drums and hyperactive solos similar to the first track. You should totally check out that scream in the third track 'No Amnesty'(you'll know what I am talking about when you actually hear it!), thrashy as expected. The fourth track 'D.O.A' is comparatively melodic and it totally reminds me of Slayer, very catchy tune, and then Tom Araya's screams! Killer riffs. 'Covering Fire' is another track where you should totally check out the solos and the chops, the crispiness of the sounds followed by 'Killing Tendencies' which is very much on a similar note, layered vocals, razor sharp riffs and chops. It does sound very Iron Maiden or Slayer-ish though, but then that's how it is.The next track 'Scumbag In Disguise' is tilted a bit to power metal, with more instrumental sections in between and master solos! 'The Cleric' is the 8th track of the album, and is a very general thrash metal track, the melodies and leads are pretty predictable, it's not as speedy as the rest, chops are noticeably okay. 'Out Of My Way' makes you get hooked on to their music all over again, it's chuggy, it's aggressive, it's old-school like the way you want it to be, riff-crazed, it's the kind of track that gives you major adrenaline rush! The last track is the title track, 'Time is Up' which sums up the album, in-your-face kinda thrashy sounds, speedy percussion's overall, love it.
The album was thoroughly not a disappointment at all, they started out as a steel guardian as thrash and they are keeping that title to themselves, and 'Time Is Up' is one of their very mature releases with all the melting leads and exceptional solos, pummeling rhythms. I dare you to head-bang to this!
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