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Nonpoint have been around since towards the end
of the 90's when the nu-metal scene was at its best,
ten years on and Nonpoint are still on the scene
and as hard as work as when they first started.
The band have toured the world and shared stages
with the likes of Disturbed, Flyleaf, Stone Sour,
Sevendust Linkin Park and many of the heavyweight
bands of the rock/metal scene. Nonpoint have also
had their songs features on the Miami Vice movie
soundtrack and their track "Bullet With A Name"
is used as the NHL's Florida Panthers nightly rally
song which shows that Nonpoint create really accessible
songs and no know to get their music out to people.
The band have been around to see many music scenes
come and go and also see many bands rise and fall
with the ever changing music scene but this is
something that has never affected Nonpoint themselves,
they have stuck to their music style from the
start and are still playing the same style of
music 10 years later. The bands last studio album
'To The Pain' was released in 2005 and went down
extremely well with the bands fans.
2008 sees Nonpoint back with yet another full
length studio album Vengeance, the album is 12
tracks long and stays true to the bands sound
and style showing that nu-metal isn’t fully
dead and will never be for as long as Nonpoint
are around. 'Wake Up World' opens up the album
and is the perfect opening track with quite a
stomping pace that’s slightly heavy sounding
yet with a lot of melody. Elias Soriano's raspy,
melodic vocals really do control the song in the
best possible way.
'What I Do Best' is another stomper of a track
that has a really melodic vibe yet still features
chunky guitar riffs and stunning rhythmic drumming
and once again its Elias Soriano's vocals that
really make the song stand out. The album title
track 'Vengeance' starts off really fast and the
pace carries on throughout the song with the vocals
running the show once again. 'Bring Me Down' has
an old skool rock sound, sounding like something
you would hear from a rock band from the late
70's and early 80's with its riffs.
The first single to be taken from Vengeance is
"The March Of War" and is one of the
heaviest songs from the album starting off with
a massive drumming assaults, the song is the heaviest
and most accessible song on the album.
The whole album is pretty much what you would
expect from Nonpoint, there is nothing new on
offer with the bands sound, but if you have been
a fan from the start then you will grow to be
quite fond of Vengeance. Metal bands that stay
true to their sound are quite hard to come by
these days and that’s why Nonpoint really
deserve respect for not changing their sound as
the nu-metal scene died out. Everyone has a soft
spot for nu-metal even if they don’t admit
it.
4/5
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Elias (Vocals)
Goldman (Guitar)
Charman (Bass)
Robb (Drums) |
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1. Wake Up World
2. What I Do Best
3. Vengeance
4. Bring Me Down
5. March Of War
6. Breathe
7. Hands Off
8. A Way Out
9. Change Your Mind
10. Witness
11. Everybody Down
12. When It's Over |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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