The sad thing about it is, that this debut CD which I think came out in 94' sounds thousands of times better than CD's put out by bands today in 2006! The sound quality is not that great, but the music is awesome! Straight forward heavy rock, no mathematical complex riffs here. Probably Maynard's most angry lyrics out of their whole discography, but nevertheless graet. Opiate was the start of a legendary band that puts out 10/10 CD's all the time. The only other band that puts out 10/10 release all of the time is Opeth.