A look at the lyrics reveals that they are actually decent for the genre, but nothing awe-inspiring. And they, for the most part, do not deal with any straight edge preaching (the promo made sure to mention that the band is in fact straight-edge). The artwork is good, but one doesn't expect any less from Jake Bannon. The design of the booklet is very distinctive of his style. Too bad the music isn't as good. One minor gripe I had was with the band logo; is it me or does the font look eerily similar to the font "Clandestine"-era Entombed used for their band logo? Anyways, bottom line: if you want some generic fist-pumping workout music, here's your album. If you were looking for some good "metalcore" (I despise that label), stick to "Until Your Heart Stops" by Cave In, or pretty much anything from the discography of Botch, Converge or Coalesce.