, ▁m ood s , ▁and ▁text ures , ▁inspired ▁by ▁an ▁array ▁of ▁groups ▁such ▁as ▁Queen , ▁Deep ▁Pur ple , ▁and ▁Black ▁S abb ath . ▁ ▁The ▁cent rep ie ce ▁" V ict im ▁of ▁Ch anges " ▁is ▁an ▁eight - min ute ▁track ▁featuring ▁heavy ▁r iff ing ▁trad ing ▁off ▁with ▁high - p itch ed ▁vocals , ▁extended ▁guitar ▁leads , ▁and ▁a ▁slow , ▁mo ody ▁break down ▁toward ▁the ▁end . ▁ ▁" T yr ant " ▁and ▁" The ▁Ri pper " ▁are ▁short , ▁dense , ▁high - power ed ▁rock ers ▁with ▁many ▁parts ▁and ▁changes . ▁ ▁R iffs ▁and ▁sol os ▁domin ate ▁" G eno cide ", ▁" Is land ▁of ▁Dom ination ", ▁and ▁" De ce iver ", ▁and ▁the ▁band ▁finds ▁more ▁laid - back ▁moments ▁in ▁the ▁cro oning ▁piano - back ed ▁" E pit aph " ▁and ▁the ▁mo ody ▁" D ream er ▁De ce iver ". ▁ ▁Sad ▁W ings ▁of ▁Dest iny ▁had ▁a ▁positive ▁reception ▁but ▁weak ▁sales . ▁The ▁band ▁recorded ▁their ▁first ▁two ▁albums ▁with ▁the ▁independent ▁G ull ▁label ▁under ▁tight ▁bud gets ; ▁after ▁living ▁off ▁a ▁single ▁me al ▁per ▁day ▁while ▁working ▁side ▁jobs ▁to ▁support ▁themselves , ▁the ▁group ▁grew ▁fr ustr ated ▁with ▁the ▁financial ▁situation ▁and ▁signed ▁with ▁ ▁for ▁their ▁next ▁album , ▁Sin ▁After ▁Sin ▁( 1 9 7 7 ). ▁ ▁Bre aking ▁their