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Chiodos
Perhaps no one can explain the sheer ferocity and timid quietness it is better than when vocalist Craig Owens says “we don’t want to let the kids down” when discussing the group’s intense vocals live at shows. Well they never let a single kid down with their vicious assault on the ears and grip on the jugular...
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03.09.2007 by J-Sin
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Fair to Midland — Fables From a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True Buy it at Amazon
This group signed to System of a Down’s Serj Tankian’s label has almost shed its labeling of just another nu-metal maven with this new entry. Slightly more progressive in the vein of Mars Volta, “Fables...” decidedly treads the worn walkway of Tool and wanders into the territory of some of the more mall-friendly nu-metal bands these days. It’s not something that anyone outside of Ozzfest loyalists will really love, and you’ll just really wonder why they’re wasting their talent on these lame predictable bores.
- J-Sin
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