With this band coming from the west coast metal scene, you may be expecting another wannabe Job For A Cowboy, Animosity or As Blood Runs Black. But with Antagonist you're given nothing of that sort at all. Instead Antagonist displays a more unique sounding metal mixture that'll easily standout among the many ripoff bands out around the west coast. For that reason alone I give so much respect to this band because even though they're surrounded by the giant death metal craze that's taking the west coast by storm that also is showing that even with death metal, copycat kids that are in it for the cool factor can make the genre dense, boring and repetitive they can manage to pull through all the bullshit and continue on with a respectable and very notable sound. Now for those of you already familiar with this band you'll be recieving 7 new tracks out of the 10 total because 3 out of the 4 tracks put on their 2005 EP "Samsara" have found their way on to the disc. Now for me I really liked that fact because the sound quality was so much better and it really helped re-invent those tracks for me, but others may differ. In this disc I've found 6 out of the 10 tracks on the record to be perfect. Tracks such as "The Chaos We Breathe," "Valor and Villainy," and "Heal My Wound" really displayed the 80's metal aspect with their high pitched harmonies and in your face catchy metal riffs. Other tracks such as "Eyes Wide Shut," "Despiertate," and "The Renouncement" showed a side of Antagonist that approached the thrash sound more-so than the Iron Maiden like guitar work heard in other tracks. If I had to choose a modern day influence that seems pretty evident in the work of "An Envy of Innocence" I'd really have to say that Shadows Fall has carried a little of the weight on this disc. Traces of their sound are easily found throughout this disc and especially in the final track "Heal My Wound".