For those who heard last year's three-track 7", not only is there nothing new on Limb, the sound of the album is tamer, almost anodyne. Hitting its lowest point with first side closer "Night & Void" -- another Sabbath-worshipping song with lyrics about killing women by strangulation the world did not need -- it is with trepidation that the LP is flipped. However, there is promise to be found on side B: we shouldn't write off Limb just yet. "El Salvaclaw" gets slow and brooding essentially right -- the clean production finally doing something useful -- while the one-two of "LXXXVI" and "Never Speak Ill of the Dead" (the latter an unexpected whiplash lasting a mere minute) readies one for a fine finale. Sadly, "Vathek" is a tiresome trawl through Uncle Acid-light territory. It's tolerable, but for the second time, hopes only recently raised are swiftly dashed. Allegedly much more impressive live, Limb have left themselves with a lot to prove. Perhaps a live-in-the-studio EP might be a good next move?