The lyrical focus is on socio-political commentary, on the many malaise to plague the Western world, but without the anus clenching seriousness of Rage Against the Machine. Nor do they possess the crude yet insightful tone of the Dead Kennedys, although they do have a similar sense of warped humour -- evident most from the outlandish booklet cartoons featuring the bushy tailed vermin in a variety of guises. My personal favourite features the cutesy rat as guillotiner, about to execute a hapless Elmo whilst Big Bird and his crew look on with bloodlust in their eyes.

As much as there is a crying need for something new from the mainstream metal sounds, their cornucopia of effects has more than a touch of the kitchen sink approach, and their nu-skool eclecticism would benefit from a greater degree of coherency.