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Album Review
by SashaS
2-1-2003
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Mudvayne: 'The End Of All Things To Come'
(Epic)
Rewind #3: Mudvayne – the mistreated heroes
There are some artists who steadfastly refuse to get roped in hype and exploit it to the bitter or, at least, commercial end. The dignified silence of the Crimbo morn would benefit from, I decide, skewering with a blast of Mudvayne’s ‘The End Of All Things To Come’ and not only because of its title being applicable to the impending situation of the world ganging up against Iraqis. The ‘hood remains unmoved…
That’s almost the story of Mudvayne, a band on a mission that shares intense points with Slipnot as well as more melodious and prog-grandiose terrain of Tool but denied the same respect. Since they emergence two years ago from Peoria, Illinois, the band has been dividing opinions like no other nu-metal band. Fans praise the approach of the debut ‘L.D.50’ while others have likened them to the “prematurely aged Insane Clown Posse”.
As there is no arguing over taste we will help not with a simple observation that this is a solid album that doesn’t discover any new islands but certainly re-affirms the beauty, power and individuality of each vista on offer. This disc is supposed to clarify the somewhat muddled picture of the debut but, produced by Tool collaborator David Bottrill, it generally reconfirms the maiden disc’s sentiments.
There are huge riffs, a booming bass, tightness, heaviness that is clinically controlled chaos within which the melodies are buried. There are lighter and more melodic moments that take you on aural tripping to the outter reaches of imagination. Dexterous sonic locations are visited but none yet feels like homely.
They still sound like a mix of Slipknot, Tool and, perhaps, a tad NIN, although it doesn’t detract from ‘The End Of All Things To Come’ being a powerful angst and schizo journey. From the opening slab of heaviness, ‘Silenced’, via cosmic voyaging of ‘Mercy, Severity’ and ‘World So Cold’ to the ending ‘A Key To Nothing’, these are constantly impressive tunes.
Intense, doomy, anguished metal melodrama, by Jove!
7.7/10
SashaS
2-1-2003
Mudvayne’s album ‘The End Of All Things To Come’ is out now on Epic
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