I used to think of these guys as the Japanese version of Bad Brains. The second song is more pounding. It is clear that Darkthrone's punk moments draw heavily from this sound. The pace is more punk like for "ABC Weapons". The vocal has more of a growl to them when they are not choking. The guitar becomes more metallic for the gallop of "nih Nightmare". The thing I saw all the time about where a band is from influencing their sound on the level of its very vibration. The more NWOBHM style riffing is pulled off but there is something wrong in how it feels that is more than the rough production.
Things slow down a little for "Document One" yes, the song titles are a little awkward. It is more than likely a good thing the lyrics are in Japanese. It falls somewhere between punk and metal. They speed up and there are sections of lyrics that sound like they are in English. When you can understand the lyrics, they are pretty nasty, in an effective way. Songs like "Nuclear Armed Hogs" are pretty crude. You can hear they influenced bands like Choking Victim, though I think Choking Victim does this better. They are better song writers, but something can be said for the energy with which this album was made.
"Meaning Corrupted" almost sounds like Motley Crue at the beginning. It is one of the albums best songs as it is also one of the most metal ones."M.A.N" coasts long that almost Dokken like riff. There is another cock rocking riff that opens up "Meaning Corrupted" but the song generally devolves into more straight up punk.The last song is some of the albums most refined guitar playing it is almost like Iron Maiden. Not very original in this regard, but well done. That is for what they are doing the vocals are still barked and this almost sounds live. The classic reputation of this album might be more legendary than what goes down on the album though that is not to say even as imperfect as this album is it did not influence black metal.
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