AOTY 2023

Truth Killer

Sevendust - Truth Killer
Critic Score
Based on 7 reviews
2023 Ratings: #569 / 739
User Score
Based on 50 ratings
Liked by 1 person
July 28, 2023 / Release Date
LP / Format
Napalm / Label
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CRITIC REVIEWS

80
Metal Injection
Even after nearly three decades Sevendust continues to defy expectations.
80
Distorted Sound
The album begins where Blood And Stone (2020) left off and sees them step into themselves and up to the next level. Truth Killer breeds a different animal within SEVENDUST and it is one we have been dying to see.
RemisReviews
83

I was never the biggest fan of Sevendust, I've always found them to be kind of just OK in the midst of their Alternative and Nu Metal contemporaries. I've never really bumped anything from them, I've listened to the Home album and it was eh. Very generic, nothing really stood out about them, and it also felt super thin. Plus I never liked the singer's vocals, they are very much fit for Soul and Jazz with that deep raspy voice, but it just doesn't work for Alt Metal at all. That rawness and ... read more

MoooChoir
46

Oh my god it was not it.

This album is the second metal album I listen following Sign of the Swarm's one, and it does not put a great light on this Sevendust record.

Sure, first track is a nice power ballad and that's pretty cool even if it is still really classic alt rock without originality, but the following songs are just bland, with always the same Chorus, with the guitars and drums that try to help having a good time but it doesn't help. The guitars are uninteresting except for 2 or 3 ... read more

ggollihue
60

Is it bad that I fell asleep throughout the time I tried to listen to this?

Ah, Sevendust... man I used to go hard with this band back when I first heard them. So when they had a new album coming out this year, I was excited to review it... until I was bored and sleepy when listening to it. I think one person online basically explained this album a lot better than how I might be explaining it. "I give this album a solid B, but I rate it 3 out of 5 because I EXPECT near perfection from ... read more

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Track List

1I Might Let the Devil Win
4:27
52
2Truth Killer
3:43
65
3Won't Stop the Bleeding
4:04
79
4Everything
4:18
74
5No Revolution
3:47
73
6Sick Mouth
3:38
61
7Holy Water
3:56
80
8Leave Hell Behind
4:42
78
9Superficial Drug
4:33
68
10Messenger
4:03
63
11Love and Hate
4:52
66
12Fence
3:37
74
Total Length: 49 minutes

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Added on: April 12, 2023