The Algorithm

This is a serviceable later record from Filter with some decent to good melodies, but I struggle to find anything that approaches great on here. Quite frankly, I think the sole soft song, Burn Out the Sun, might be the best of the lot. Some of it might be intentional, but Richard Patrick's singing sounds rough in spots - not pitchy but like he swallowed a bag of thumbtacks. Check out The Drowning, Obliteration, Summer Child and whatever is happening in the guitars on For the Beaten. Also, Elias Mallin's drumwork is sick. Against the Wall sounds like a bad 1980s hair metal song, and Command Z, while I know the band is just fucking around, is a waste of time.