Good in parts.. (Godsmack - Godsmack)

Member Name: beardsa9

Product:	Godsmack - Godsmack
Date:	30/04/02 (94 review reads)
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Advantages: Catchy tunes

Disadvantages: Derivative..

Godsmack seem to have a strange relationship with the media - most of the time they are sidelined completely, occasionally a journalist picks up on them and states categorically that they are the best thing since sliced bread!

Personally I'd disagree with either view. Firstly - I like this album. There are some well written songs, a few new ideas (listen out for certain 'alternative' numbers such as "Someone in London" or "Voodoo", and the band plays well - they aren't often over here, but are incidentally well worth seeing live.

However, it would be stretching it to call anything you'll find here inspired. They present a good crossover somewhere between more 'classic' rock (Metallica frequently springs to mind - listen to most Famous single "Whatever") and the 'nu-metal' breed of today.

All in all, definitely worth a listen, but ultimately this disc will probably be consigned to the 'metal muzak' pile to gather dust (as mine now has).

Incidentally, I believe this album was banned in certain shops across the USA due to a mistaken belief that it 'promoted satanism' - I can't really see the evidence for this, other than a harmless 'pagan' pentegram in the inlay - and the lyrics are certainly no more offensive than most other artists of this genre.

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