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60
Churning riffs give way to spacious verses showcasing odd time signatures, stacked harmonies, atmospheric pet sounds and occasionally even strings.
9y
40
A bit of Tool melodrama here, a dash of Staind's acoustic-flavored melodrama there.
11y
Damn this album got sniped so hard, but it was a different time. Everyone wanted different but this is a great project. I’ve never delved into Taproot and I picked up Welcome for Record Store Day on a whim (Lovely Sky Blue pressing by the way) and it does have a Alice in Chains vibe to it but I think it’s a great Nu Metal project with some dirty vocals thrown in. The pacing seems pretty decent and I have some instant favorites off this. It’s a vibe and kept me engaged, a ... read more
What set this particular release different from Taproot's previous record, The Gift, is that it leans into more grunge influence, especially Alice In Chains in the vocals department. There are even moments of possibly artsy alternative rock on the record, on tracks "Breathe" and "Like". There are tons of standard bouncy nu-metal on this record, but there's a lot of diversity to the canvas of sounds being brought forth, a sense of growth and maturity. I have to say the ... read more
This album has some truly top-tier material on it, with some unusually deep lyrics for George W. Bush era nu metal at times. Some great riffing on it, and while Stephen Richards' voice may be a little on the whinier side on first listen, he has an unusually wide vocal range and some great screams. However, the one thing keeping it from a 90 is the disparity between the worse and the better tracks. The better tracks are genuinely amazing, while the worst tracks are just kinda meh and dragging ... read more
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1y
this album might have the funniest one word song titles of any nu metal album I know