STAIND
Price To Play
Released 15/09/2003
Flip Records.
The often forgotten about exponents
of nu metal are back and front man Aaron Lewis is still
singing as though
he is in pain, plus Fred Durst is still tagging along,
but that’s the bad news out of the way. The good
news is that the heartfelt sincerity prevalent in the
last album ‘Break The Cycle’ is still exists
their latest offering taken from their ’14 SHADES
OF GRAY’ album.
‘Price To Play’ is certainly heavier than
past efforts and will not appeal to those who got into
STAIND because they liked ‘Outside’ or ‘EPIPHANY.
Thumping drum beats and abrasive System Of A Down meets
KoRn style guitars kick the song off before the Aaron’s
sincere vocals take over, as he takes a swipe at the game
of life: