ðeɪ hæd ɹˈiːtʃt ðɪs pˈɪnəkəl; nˈaʊ ðeɪ wɜː kˈaɪnd ʌv tˈeɪpɚɹɪŋ ˈɔf ænd ɹˈaɪɾɪŋ mˈoːɹ kəmˈɜːʃəl stˈʌf, wˈɛɹæz wiː ɹˈiːəlaɪzd ˌaʊɚ stɹˈɔŋ pˈɔɪnt, wˈʌns ɐɡˈɛn, wʌz stˈɪkɪŋ tə hˈɛvi mˈɛɾəl ænd mˌeɪkɪŋ ɪɾ æz hˈɛvi æz ˌaʊɚ stˈaɪl wʊd ɐlˈaʊ.
They had reached this pinnacle; now they were kind of tapering off and writing more commercial stuff, whereas we realized our strong point, once again, was sticking to heavy metal and making it as heavy as our style would allow.