Sad This album is supposed to mark the triumphant return of Marcos, but it's just so melancholy. As usual they cover a ton of different musical styles, so they obviously still have it in them to make good songs, but they do so few loud, intense, fast songs. Addicted sounded promising and like a teasing for an amazing album. Instead it was the oddball exciting track that didn't fit with the others. It's a good album, but it's so sad in delivery that it's hard to listen to. Maybe that makes it a good companion to Satellite.
P.O.D. - When Angels and Serpents Dance 1/10 When Angels and Serpents Dance is a blast from the past, and not in a good way; rather, more a fetid, stagnant rank draft of the nu-metal that so unfortunately ruled rock radio in the late `90s and the beginning of the new millennium. P.O.D. was the scene's resident Christian "rock" band, combining heavy bass, distorted riffs, and syncopated rhythms with singing/rapping about God, loving God, and finding God.
A short listen to When Angels and Serpents Dance finds that little has changed. The guitars are still defiantly de-tuned, the singing is still mostly consisted of screaming and angsty yelps, and the lyrics still sound like they come from a demented hymn.
"Addicted" rips off the chorus melody from their earlier hit "Alive" and sounds exactly like it could have come from 2000. "Shine With Me" contains such cringe-inducing lyrics as "shine with me like the beautiful star you are" and Bob Marley-esque sentiments like "one love." There's even a whole verse where vocalist Sonny Sandoval just sings "la la la la la la la," etc. Seriously.
The music is meat-and-potatoes rock pioneered by bands such as Nickelback and ape P.O.D.'s "influences" shamelessly: "Condescending sounds like Rage Against The Machine's "Killing in the Name Of" if written by a Christian band. The band's one exploration, the reggae-tinged "I'll Be Ready," is derailed by Sandoval's uninspired lyrics and fake-Jamaican accent. Simply put, those kinds of things just don't work.
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Good music by P.O.D. I really like this album . I'm into bands that are underground like Apartment 26, or Dry Kill Logics 2nd album Dead and dreaming . So I like this album because it gives me something different.
Hard Hitting, Radio Friendly Rock Tunes P.O.D. have made a few changes since Testify. Frontman Sonny Sandoval has chopped his signature dreads off his and the band has switched from Atlantic Records to Columbia Records. Then fortunately guitarist Marcos Curiel. who played guitar on their previous successful albums The Fundamental Elements of Southtown and Satellite has returned to the band. All these factors combined seem to be positive for P.O.D. They have matured and progressed from the rap-rock-reggae hybrid style they produced before and have written more mature crafty songs but still with a neat groove.
This album still has radio friendly hard rock hitting tracks. with songs like "Condescending", "Addicted" and ""End of the World". which features a gospel choir, something I wouldn't have expected from P.O.D. In fact this whole album is filled with hard-hitting radio friendly rock tunes. It also has guest appearances from Mike Muir of Suicidal Tendencies and Helmet's Page Hamilton, so you really can't miss with this release.
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