Dry Kill Logic gained some early notoriety with the material they put out independently under their previous moniker of HINGE, though since then they have also went by the name of HINGE A.D., and now to Dry Kill Logic. However, name change or not, the material contained on this, their Roadrunner debut is light years ahead of anything they once toiled on. Featuring an acidic blend of modern metal that hits with the force of a spiked bat to the gut, they charge the gate and don't stop running until there's nothing left in their past but wreckage and destruction. Sounding like an volatile amalgamation between the likes of Slipknot, Primer 55, Machine Head and Nothingface, the music is relentless and full of intensity, yet also contains a few melodic parts that help set them apart from the ever growing run of the mill pack.

Band frontman Cliff Rigano's persistent barrages of raw throated verbal shrapnel slam against the listener, intermittently stopping to console with an occasional caress of warm melody, bringing to mind the stark verbal dynamics of Slipknot's 'Wait And Bleed", except done on a much wider scale. Guitar playing lurks about with aggressive down tuned crunch riffs that help galvanize the vitriolic nature of the songs, while also adding a new metal tinge. Meanwhile, roomy bass lines also champion the usage of a lower tuning, though rather than resort to sloppy Korn like thuds, they keep in step with their guitar counterpart; creating a thick wall of sludgy, yet up-tempo lunges. Drum wise the album is propelled by an array of dense, thumping hits, dampened by a slightly dull tuning as the beats thrust out lay down a consistent, moderately scaled down percussive battering.

Musically, Dry Kill Logic sound hungry, working together diligently to all achieve the same common goal. They also manage to avoid most of the typical cliches many modern metal bands seem to fall victim to these days; meaning that there's no rapping, shameful down tuning or contrived song writing in place. Basically, what the band have in spades is a fistful of aggression and a solid grasp on how to write dynamic, loose natured metal songs that quickly capture interest, spicing things up in the process with emotional highs and lows to help keep the material sounding a bit more honest than most of what is out there at present. Unfortunately though, even with the music being satisfyingly heavy and touching upon a bunch of different areas; the overall vibe given can tend to stick to the same tempo and sound a bit familiar to other acts who have done something similar in the past. It's not so much that the band are trying to sound like someone else though, its just more that elements of their musical ideas and the way they express it can draw moderate resemblance's to others. All in all, this is a solid metal release and though it may not boldly tread into new territory, it does do a damn good job of tearing up the areas which have already been established. In fact, the title "The Darker Side Of Nonsense" can be a bit misleading, as this is definitely a no nonsense album that rarely lets up its distorted sonic bombardment from start to finish.