Short Bus - Filter

The Amalgamut - Filter

Three years on Filter finally return with their third album after the break through success of 'Title of Record'. In many ways this is Filter's 'post' album. Post commercial success: 'Take a Picture' was a massive radio hit stateside and even made the top thirty over here and the album went platinum worldwide. Post 'The Fragile': 'Title of record' preceded the last Nine Inch Nails studio album by a good few months and in retrospect served to demonstrate the former acolyte, Richard Patrick, had defeated the master at his own game. Trent Reznor's last studio record was a bloated struggle to regain lost form; weighed down my ...

Title Of Record - Filter

will Lead You both scream filler, nothing terribly wrong with them par se but in context of some of the excellent material here they sound more average then they might have done elsewhere. ‘Title of Record’ is such impressive step forward for Filter , at times one can hardly believe this is the same band that recorded their scrappy debut. Industrial rock crossed with AOR. An intriguing mix but one that works all the same. ...

Title Of Record - Filter

live guitarist for the Nine Inch Nails 'Pretty Hate Machine' tour, Richard had decided he'd rather be at the front of the stage, rather than at a side, and so Filter was born with a bit of help from his friends (the band line-up changed a bit by this album). Although like Nine Inch Nails the band dabble with heavy electronica, Filter is a guitar band primarily. After the cult success of their debut 'Short Bus', which landed them a support slot with The Smashing Pumpkins on their 'Adore' tour (and subsequently their drummer leaving to fill the drummerless void that was in The Pumpkins temporarily), the band began working on their ...