Sadist as a band has gone some interesting places in their career. Starting off as a relatively standard prog-death band just weird enough to interest people, but accessible enough to be somewhat popular in at least a few crowds. And of course, as is the story of most somewhat popular acts metal from the 80s and 90s, they went through a steady decline in quality until finally succumbing to the alt metal/nu metal pandemic of the mid to late 90s. And of course, after a bit of disappearance they come back revitalized, trying to recapture their old sound and vigor, to mostly strong acclaim. And then of COURSE, they digress into a different, more modern sound altogether which, while acceptable, certainly doesn't quite capture how magnificent they were when they first started out. Thus the band either dies, or continues making only pretty good albums until the members die of old age. It's a story that's been played out (literally) many, many times before, almost to a T. And in the official RYM score canon, that's just about where this band stands as well.