by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Madball's second album, Demonstrating My Style, finds the former Agnostic Front members navigating a similar territory that they have covered before. Usually, they have done it better, as well. There are still glimmers of their old power on the album -- they can still crank out a blisteringly fast hardcore riff -- but most of the songs are undistinguishable from each other, making it an album that only needs to be heard by dedicated fans.