IV
Six albums into their career, Godsmack find themselves faced with the challenge of moving forward without betraying their roots. Although the veteran act manages to offer up a handful of convincing tunes on this hour-long affair, IV fails to hang together as a cohesive and convincing album. The opening "Living In Sin" and its follow-up "Speak" rock with conviction, although neither breaks new ground; "The Enemy”--a reasonably good approximation of a latter-day Metallica tune--proves persuasive, while "Shine Down” and "No Rest For The Wicked" are radio-ready distractions. As good as those and a number of the other songs are, IV never locks into any particular groove and ultimately amounts to little more than a batch of songs placed end-to-end on a disc that's roughly 20 minutes too long. By the record's final moments--the passionate but decidedly dated angst-filled dirge "Mama" and the meandering "One Rainy Day”--the listener grows weary of treading down an all-too-familiar path with a band that still has a promising future if only it could let go of its unyielding grip on its own past. --Jedd Beaudoin Binding Audio CD. Artist(s): Godsmack. Publisher(s): Universal Music Canada. Label: Universal Music Canada.
| Manufacturer: | Universal Music Canada |
| Part Number: | 1753790 |
| Lowest Price (CAD): | $9.18 |
Product Features |
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| Artist : | Godsmack |
| Brand : | Universal Music Group |
| Distributor : | Universal Music |
| Format : | CD |
| music_track : | One Rainy Day |
