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A Cruel World
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by Bloodsimple
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$13.98
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on 9-8-2008.
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Since the year 2000, there have been two extremely popular sub-genres of heavy metal: Nu-metal and metalcore. But the former plummeted in popularity around 2002 (when the latter genre was starting to get popular), and it went on to become a widely hated and criticized genre a couple of years later. Thus, as of 2005, 99% of all new bands would choose to be a "metalcore" band (instead of a "nu-metal" band) in a heartbeat. There is one exception to this rule, though: New York's Bloodsimple. They are sometimes tagged a "metalcore" band, but they would really be a lot better off if they rid themselves of that label and tried to market their music to "nu-metal" fans. See, Bloodsimple look embarrassingly bad when compared to most metalcore bands (they can't even hold a candle to the likes of Lamb of God and Mastodon, for example); but when compared to nu-metal groups (such as Adema and Staind), Bloodsimple sound mediocre or even borderline decent! Bloodsimple's debut, 2005's "A Cruel World," which is like a mix of Staind, Disturbed, Dope, and Trapt, offers next-to-nothing for modern metalheads to enjoy. Sure, there are tons of lame lyrics, made-for-radio vocals, predictable song structures, and ridiculously cliche choruses to be heard here, but what the album lacks is any kind of musical talent, energy, urgency, originality, and excitement. Plus, the songs mostly just ain't there. Only two of these eleven tracks are listenable -- openers "Straight Hate," which begins with a passable, semi-aggressive riff, and the kind of catchy "Path To Prevail" -- but even they fail to stick with you for more than a few seconds. After those songs, feel free to turn the album off (don't worry, this is one of those albums you can skip listening to and not even worry if you're missing anything.) The hardcore-ish third track, "What If I Lost It" might almost be an okay song it weren't diluted by cliche hooks and syrupy clean vocals. "Blood In Blood Out" and "Sell Me Out," which have cheesy crooning in the verses and ginormous, soaring choruses, are the album's two most annoying and blatant stabs at radio play. Elsewhere, "Running From Nothing" finds vocalist doing his best Throwdown-esque "tough guy" impression (with almost laughable results); the title track and "Falling Backwards" feature some of the simplest, and most rudimentary guitar "riffs" in the history of heavy music (even though the record's "everything but the kitchen sink" production job makes them sound a lot better and heavier than they actually are); and lastly, "Flatlined" and "Plunder" are bloated, uninspired, nu-metal power ballad mush which practically have "skip" written all over them. To make this review perfectly clear: do NOT buy this C.D. -- it's nothing more than a big waste of time. The only music fans who might possibly get anything out of "A Cruel World" are those who have nostalgia for the nu-metal tripe being turned out five or six years ago. But every listener who is looking for a meaty riff, a memorable melody, or an infectioius hook would have better luck looking elsewhere.
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