Flybanger have cooked up a pot of traditional hard rock that has all the crunch of a gravel road with this, their major label debut. Utilizing the hooky melodies of groups like Pearl Jam, the no frills hard rock of Clutch and the punishing modern metal force of Disturbed, their music is the kind of unhinged straight up rock n roll that has been lacking lately in these new metal dominated days.

With a gritty and raspy voice, band frontman Garth belts out his parts with reckless abandon, causing each word to build up force and like a snowball rolling down a mountain. There's also a strong attachment to hearty melody and a massive amount of hooky choruses and verses that keep the music interesting while also showing off the bands ability to write powerful songs, without having to beat the listener senseless with chunky guitars and drop tuning. Meanwhile, the rhythm section keeps a steady pace and works extremely well with the high-end on this album and the bands many years together show as each musician seems to know exactly what is coming next. This in turn makes for some chugging groove heavy songs that can bring to mind acts like DoubleDrive with perhaps a touch of Corrosion Of Conformity in essence, but rather than sounding bloated or nostalgic, they retain an aggressive modern edge that allows their sludgy sound to appeal to a broader audience.

It's no easy task to find a balanced middle ground between traditional hard rock and the aggro metal of today, but somehow this group have managed to do it and if this album is any indication of what they are capable of, then rock radio is in for a band who will fit their playlists perfectly. The music is almost like taking Pantera and stripping them of their sheer brutality, only to replace it with a more digestible and melodic song writing format that has a few added spikes of modern metal thrown in the mix. While turgid rock bands like Creed are out there taking the lions share of attention for the hard rock scene, its bands with fresh ideas like Flybanger that truly deserve the accolades and luckily for them if given the right opportunities they will most likely receive them by the crate load. Still, there's a few things that do hinder this release, one being the track "Crackballs" which is a bit too ambitiously playful and is liable to make most listeners cringe and jump for the next track whenever it surfaces its ugly head. There's also a tendency to stick to the same range of sounds in general as well and even though its a nice mix, its still not something that will utterly blow listeners away with groundbreaking new ideas. But with an overall wide range of dynamics and the compelling song ideas that are represented on tracks like "Demon Away", "Company" and "Haul", most of the cons can be overlooked. Perhaps the title is a bit misleading because these boys sure don't sound like they are going nowhere and they won't if they can find enough listeners with the right mindset to enjoy this pleasantly vicious headtrip.