In showing that "Haste" doesn't always lead to "waste," the Alabama rockers let it fly with all guns blazing on a new record built on diversity and maturity that, while befitting the times, is not a simple rehash of everything else out there. Led by two vocalists and six full members, all of whom contribute their own styles and influences leading to the large degree of mixture in the sound, "Haste" is tough to pin down. As a hybrid of hard-core/metal, it stands out the most on this record, which is very guitar dominated, layered in heavy hooks, and pleasantly multi-dimensional without the thin veil of machination to divert from the substance beneath the surface.

A relatively unknown area for heavy music, it looks like the "heart" of the South just acquired a consequential ache in the form of "Haste's" troublesome new release.