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Godsmack “The Oracle” Album Review
Godsmack pretty much does one thing very well and that’s in-your-face aggressive hard rock songs that are catchy as hell. Sure, they’ve written a few good ballad-type songs like “Voodoo” and “Serenity,” but those are the exceptions that prove the rule in this case. Whenever the band strays too far from its tried and true formula, as they did on their last album IV, the result is a pile of uninspired mediocrity.
With The Oracle, it seems as if they’ve realized the misstep that IV was and were looking to atone by heading right back to their bread and butter.
Aside from a few more guitar solos and some new (if unsuccessful) attempts at altering the vocal deliveries, The Oracle sounds just like their earlier releases Awake and Faceless. If you are already a fan of Godsmack, you’ll feel right at home with this record. If you’re not a fan, I don’t think this is the one that will change your mind.
Metal Roundup: Tuesday, Feb. 16
Here’s a sampling of some interesting stuff going on in the world of metal:
* Sevendust have chosen the track “Unraveling” to serve as the first single from their new album, Cold Day Memory, which is set to be released on April 20. You can listen to it now on YouTube. It’s decidedly less heavy than “Forever Dead”, the first song they released from the album, and not as good, in my opinion.
* Godsmack is streaming their new single, “Crying Like A Bitch,” over at their MySpace page. There is some speculation that the song was written about Motley Crue’s member Nikki Sixx. It’s well known that Godsmack was very upset with the antics of Motley Crue during last summer’s Crue Fest 2, which Godsmack played on. As for the song itself, I’m not feeling the production values. It sounds a little hollow and it’s not a big change from their last album.
* The Sword have finally gone back into the studio to work on recording their third album. They have chosen Matt Bayles to produce the effort.
* Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland keeps it real when discussing the prospects for his reunited band’s new album, Gold Cobra: “I think that everyone who hated Limp Bizkit before will continue to hate Limp Bizkit. It’s not like we, all of a sudden, grew up and started making smarter music.” I’m not one of those people who completely writes off Limp Bizkit as a garbage band. I actually liked Three Dollar Bill, Yall$ and The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1). Those albums really let the guys behind Fred Durst shine and there’s no question that Borland, bassist Sam Rivers, and drummer John Otto are talented guys. Borland, especially, can write some serious riffs. He proved what a good musician he is with his side project, Black Light Burns. So I was hoping Limp Bizkit would continue on with the foundation they set before splitting up with The Unquestionable Truth. But Borland has thrown some water on that idea by saying the new music has a “party kind of vibe. It’s a little bit like the old stuff, but with a little bit of maybe a Daft Punk vibe thrown in on some of it.” Needless to say, my hopes are not high for this one.
-Sam