The album is a portrait of excellent heavy metal musicianship, no other way to put it. I'd say the texture of Borrowed Time's musical backbone incorporates a lot of the bold riffing styles of Manilla Road and Angel Witch's NWOBHM hue all coming together in a hearty blueprint of plentiful riffs and raw glory. Borrowed Time has pretty much everything going for it on the instrumental end, led by a superb singer and a tag team of guitarists who soak the metallic surrounding in world-class riffs. Jean-Pierre Abboud's vocal aesthetics are a prime fit for this kind of thing, as his performance matches the old-school phoenix wonderfully. It's somewhat difficult to find a comparison; he's a versatile bard. There are falsettos, high-flying wails, rougher chimes, soaring cries of the romantic variety, and—the most important factor of all—vocals with personality. He sounds like he's having a blast belting away, and it's hard not to enjoy.