Anytime I get given a [demo] CD with a “produced by [famous name]” I’m gonna at least take a look. As in this case, with “Produced by Gregor Mackintosh [Paradise Lost]” on the front. Granted, I had seen them live first. The famous connection will certainly do them no harm. Musicwise, they do bear some resemblance to PL, yes.

But not too much. Opening track We Are One is great, a driving beat, clever use of electronics and Sy’s soaring voice. Lies turns things on its head, a slow, grinding lament, again held together by Sy’s vocals – which really is the band’s holy hand grenade, if you will.

Final track The Victim ups the tempo, with a great electronic backbone floating in and out of the chugging riffs. One low point is the slightly flat sound, especially of the guitars – live there is something more of a punchy sound – but for a demo, this comes highly recommended, and live even more so.