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- Verified Buyer
I own all the previous albums before this by Mudvayne and I have to say that this album holds up to their previous work. It's the band progressing like any good band should do. The most noticeable change is that while they are still really heavy, music-wise and vocal-wise, melody is found in almost every song to a great degree. There's harmonizing and even clean guitar parts to support some of the melodic shifts.Don't get me wrong though, Mudvayne are as heavy as ever here and the lyrics are really dark on some songs. The lead singer Chad's voice is absolutely beautiful though and it's actually a positive to me that they decided to progress their sound using Chad's voice in a melodic way while still incorporating the brutal screaming and screaming/singing methods.Anyone who is giving this album hate, bad reviews, or is just ignorant about it is probably upset because they didn't get a clone of "L.D. 50" or "The End of things to Come". Those were excellent albums but I don't want Mudvayne to make a clone of them. I'm catching up on my Mudvayne and haven't bought "The New Game" because it got so many terrible reviews on here but I'm starting to think that a lot of those were biased like some were for this album.Anyway, if you're a long-time Mudvayne fan, I think you should give this a try because it has a lot of the prior sound. Just understand that this one is more melodic (not because they sold out or anything) and chances are you'll love it.If you're new to Mudvayne, start out with "The End of All Things to Come".
