A prominent theme on the customarily Gary Holt-composed album is derision for organized religion and American foreign politics. Easily the track most reminiscent of their Bonded By Blood era, "War Is My Shepherd" threatens religious believers with a vengeful claim that “You put your faith in Christianity, I put mine in artillery. My M-16, my lord and savior! Christ never done me a motherfucking favor…praise the lord and pass the ammunition, my sermon is my demolition.” The lethal opening riff to "Scar Spangled Banner" puts Dimebag Darrell and his Godsmack/Slipknot-styled hybrid band Damageplan to shame, as it uses a similar style that the former southern guitar hero once pioneered and hailed as the killer of trends, only to blasphemously step right into a bland and faceless replica of the band he once swore by.