Well if you closely listen to this album you would notice similarities between Fear Factory and this album. So I knew that Slipknot tried to ripoff Fear Factory and they failed. This album tried hard to become death metal, yet the growling was weak, the drumming made no sense at all, the guitarrist are 3 guys that cant pull a decent chord. Practically all the songs sound nearly the same, the same monotone vocal, guitarring and and the same beat. Hell I criticised this album yet I still like their first and third albums, go figure!