I was just listening to the album too, and have to agree with your thoughts on HR and MW. Distorted Lives and Jun-Jun are the other stand-out tracks for me. The album's heavy as hell, but there's a lot of room to breath in the songs, there's some rock and roll vibe in the riffs for me, and the drums are not as busy as you would expect from Gene, which - combined with the not typical production - makes it unique among other albums with so much growling.