mankind review from ny rock:

Heavy, heavy guitars that crunch. Drums that pop and are peppered with triplets. Vocals that screech. It pounds; it smacks; it shakes you like a California earthquake. But does it rock? Yes and no. Maybe I'm having a bad day today, maybe I'm just getting old and cranky, but this heavy stuff is starting to wear thin on my ears. So many of the songs sound similar – there's the death scream vocals in the low register, the sweepy, airy parts in some songs where it tones down a bit, and you're just waiting for the heaviness to come crashing in like hurricane surf. Maybe it'd be different in a club, where you can sweat the beer as fast as you drink it, and bounce around like everybody else. The band is tight and all, the production is real good, so maybe it is me.