These guys are pretty much doing that classic, 70s hard rock/metal thing-I can see why someone would say there's a sense of sameyness to their music-but they do it so fucking well that it's hard to argue with the results. They play this huge, riff driven music that just makes your head bang whether you want to or not. I can't call the new one a return to form since, honestly, I love everything hey done-I don't really see this huge difference between Warp Riders and the rest of their albums, they all sound like the Sword to me. Really good band.