Have you heard of Pro-War Metal? Not to be confused with War Metal which is a Black Metal subgenre.
No Pro-War Metal consists of Disturbed, All That Remains, Slayer & Five Finger Death Punch.
That guitar tone is absolutely killer.
This sounds like a distillation of the many different sounds that were in the Alternative Rock scene at that time, which explains the abundance of the genre tags.
They sound like a prelude to many future Bands sounds especially the first 2 tracks sound like Deftones based their entire career on them.
I feel like i should love this album more because everything in theory should appeal to me (from the subject matter to the sound & storytelling) but i ... read more
Oh yay, now he panders to fucking Nu Metal nostalgia.
This sounds like the most obvious copy of Limp Bizkit ever, stealing the song ideas of their most famous songs (Nookie, Break Stuff, My Generation, Rollin') but without any drive or energy like these hits had because mgk has zero charisma & sounds half asleep during the chorus.
One of those collabs nobody expected to happen & not only that, it's actually fucking great.
The more "traditional" songs on this album are exactly what you expect when you think of them collaborating, some songs sound more like Melvins but with growling others groovy death metal but with goofy rambly vocals. As stupid as it sounds it actually works surprisingly well!
The real highlights though are the tracks "Some kind of Antichrist" the longest song on the album, ... read more