by Gina Boldman
Perhaps influenced by Iron Maiden's &The Trooper& and &Run to the Hills,& or possibly Anthrax's &Indians,& Riot's Brethren of the Long House& goes a step further and dramatizes the thoughts of Native Americans as well as the soldiers who questioned the senseless battles as they fought. The music is run-of-the-mill late '80s metal accompanied by some trite lyrics (&It doesn't matter if you're wrong or right/Makes no difference if you're black or white&) along with the mandatory preachy ones (&No color or religion ever stopped a bullet from a gun&). A noble and respectable effort, although the band sounds a little distant for such intense and dramatic subject matter.