has endured just about every single calamity a band can during their lengthy history: bandmembers coming and going, label switches, and most seriously, a bandmember's successful battle against cancer (singer ). But after all these years, is still going strong, and to celebrate their 25th year anniversary since their initial formation, four-fifths of the group's definitive, best-known lineup have reunited for their first appearance on a studio album in 16 years, for 2008's . With drummer being the only no-show (former drummer , who had briefly played in , takes his spot here), the classic sound lives on in such tracks as the title track and (the latter of which puts the speedy drum skills perfected in to good use). The group also offers a song that focuses on the horrors that unfolded in New York City on 9/11 ( ), albeit nearly seven years after the fact. As one of the '80s-era bands who never strayed far from their original path (if anything, they only got heavier as the years progressed), 's trademark is, expectedly, all over . ~ Greg Prato