The third full length album brought us several personal changes and established the following crew: David Neil Cline (lead, acoustic and rhythm guitars, keys, Hammond 3 organ, vocals, bass guitar, bongos, tambourine), J.D. Donnelly (bass guitar), Dexter Arney (drums), Mike Combs (backing vocals), Jeff Giovannangeli (drums), Donny Allen (rhythm guitar) and Tom McConnel (bass guitar). When I learnt that Bill Cozy left the band, I was pretty sure that "Thorough Scrutiny" would be a stylistic step back to "A Fit Of Rage". Nothing more erroneous! David's music has always oscillated between American hard rock and traditional heavy metal. "Thorough Scrutiny" is most heavy stuff recorded by him so far. I can write even more - it is the album with the greatest quantity of thrashy riffs. Just listen to "The Fate Of Pain" and "Life Under Glass" to consider my words an absolute true. Playing such covers like Rory Gallagher's "Follow Me" and Pat Travers' "Snortin' Whiskey Live", David's music got a blues rock feeling here and there. I do like his touching guitar solos at some moments, however all of them are still melodious and intelligently executed. The arrangements are straight enough what makes David's music very accessible and absorbable. A dynamism and rhythmicity are the characteristics of "Thorough Scrutiny", so every fan of dynamic and rhythmical music should be enjoyed with the stuff. David showed himself as a flexible instrumentalist who can translate his ideas into the guitar language. A hit heavy thrash release!

more drums in the mix would be cool - kids these days like a big drum mix