It's impossible to talk about the T.O.O.H. disc "Order and Punishment" ("Rad a Trest") without emotion. Nevertheless, the fact is that EARACHE pulled the disc from circulation just two months after its release, and as a consequence, the Czech band T.O.O.H. soon brought their fifteen-year history to an end. How anyone could treat such a masterpiece this way is beyond comprehension. To say the disc is interesting and good would be saying nothing at all. As for its musical classification — try as you might, there is simply no definition for it. The distant foundation is grindcore — screaming and furious blasting are present, but everything else is as far from grind as humanly possible. Already in the first track, we hear distinct elements of progressive music. Right after the intro, incredibly complex riffs that barely ever repeat intertwine with virtuosic and, it must be said, very melodic solos. After listening to three tracks, you grasp one thing — this is progressive music, just in an absolutely insane interpretation. Before each track, you catch yourself involuntarily thinking: so, what's coming now? You try to predict and get it wrong every time. Who influenced the band is hard to say — presumably their own restless imagination above all else, with certain moments echoing CYNIC, ATHEIST, and a number of other progressive death metal representatives. But overall, I'm not afraid to say the band is simply fantastically original.
As I already noted, this album became the last in the band's discography. Perhaps that's exactly how one should bow out — by recording a masterpiece like this. All songs, as on previous albums, are performed in the band members' native language — Czech. For lovers of experimentation, hard-hitting technical progressive music, and unpredictable instrumental passages, this disc comes with the strongest possible recommendation.