Although Australian heavyweights Parkway Drive have led the post-'00s metalcore scene with commanding songs such as "The Sound of Violence", their sonic vision is expansive. Agonised strings exacerbate Winston McCall's homesick howls on the churning "Atlas", while tranquil guitars occasionally punctuate the barking '80s metal nod "Alone". The frenzied "Feed Them to the Pigs", which hews toward hardcore, offers even more aggressive thrashing.