Landmine Spring are the next in a long line of bands from the U.K. soon to be fighting for your attention, and this, their first full length shows what they are capable of.

Beginning with a short relentless stab of noise core, vocalist Robert Newson gives himself barely enough time to breathe inbetween his harsh glass cutting vocals. Not suprisingly, the album steps down a gear from this point on, opting for slabs of bread and butter post hardcore metal with obvious Helmet influences, Pantera riffage and of course a nod to their namesake Quicksand.

Songs such as "Maggots" and "Unhinged" have some of ther most channelled aggression not seen since Rodney King got a severe beating in 1992 and when the singer screams "You left me raw, raw" you will feel like you're nursing an equally sore head. The latter song features none other than Karl Middleton of Earthtone 9 and he provides the perfect antidote to Roberts piercing vocal with his melodic crooning he's so well known for on his own efforts.

Most of the songs on offer here occupy the middle ground with equal parts melodic slow burn to its staple heavy aggressivess. They pull this off to perfection on "128" where they encorporate their full arsenal of talent and come off all the better for it. Where the album is let down slightly is in its incosistency with some of the songs lacking any real substance to grab the listeners attention, of course, this is more the exception rather than the rule but also at times the vocals sound unproduced and as a result a little plain on his more melodic ventures.

All in all though this is a fine debut and being such such a young band this is something they can build upon and should well be proud of a few years down the line.