As a result of the popular demo tape, the band won a contract with local New Jersey punk specialist label, Blackout!

The opening track, "Outgunned", has metal qualities – including Slayer-like riff flourishes, but the vocal style throughout is undeniably hardcore punk.

While "The Screaming" does contain a small amount of metal influence, "Marked For Life" is probably more comparable to an early Black Flag track.

The EP's closing track, "Trial By Fire", brings all these influences together to form a song which is, in the early part, quite technical metal.

It has a mellow, Bane-like interlude in the middle which then breaks out into a typical hardcore punk, complete with background gang chants.