I think their creative magic was lost during the time they split up. 9 years after “By Inheritance” Artillery rejoined to make B.A.C.K., a surely thrashy album yet with nothing special to behold otherwise. There’s glimpses of technicality and skill they had before but their provoking writing style has totally been lost. They have the speed and anger of thrash bands before them, but seem to have created more radio-appropriate material rather than their edgy themes that made ... read more
The first three times I listened to B.A.C.K., my mind immediately started humming "Khomaniac" and "Beneath the Clay" riffs afterwards.
...Yeah. That about sums it up.
There are some fun tech thrash jams here like "WWW", "Cybermind" and "Theatrical Exposure", but this album/band still can't escape the grandiose shadow of By Inheritance.