like the colour it’s named after, 14 shades of grey is bland and lacking in variety.
ultimately 14 shades of grey’s most egregious issue is its unrelenting mediocrity. the album lacks anything in the way of interesting ideas, and its complete lack of energy gives no upside to its post-grunge blandness. mike mushok’s ability to write interesting riffs has effectively been castrated, and aaron lewis’s vocals are reduced a boring, insomnia-curing whine, killing the few ... read more