The album is a bit different to what I expected from the singles. They picked the three most generic and tuneless songs to release first. The album isn't a lot of fast thrashy stuff, more slower grooves, more melodies and harmonies, and a bit more variety. Manunkind has a nice Sabbathy influence to it, and I get more of a TBA/Load/Reload vibe.
Hetfield is sounding great, and Hammett is much improved from DM, the solos have more structure and melody to them, and even the faster bits sound decent. The instrumental sections feel more natural with better flow than DM's cut and paste sections that only served to extend the songs. Most of these songs are longer due to the slower tempos rather than feeling so forced. Some really nice guitar harmony sections that I enjoyed.
I don't know if I'm just worn out on it, but I don't enjoy the last 1/3 a lot, the songs seemed a bit bland. The middle 1/3 of the album is by far the strongest run to me. I mostly skipped the first 1/3 since they were the songs I'd already heard and been indifferent to, except for Now That We're Dead, which seemed good too.
Better than I expected, although too early to judge. I was listening on my laptop speakers, so I don't feel like I heard everything well. Stylistically, it's just what I wanted, the songwriting I'm still undecided on.