Nickelback
Silver Side Up (Roadrunner)
by Scott Hefflon
I had to request this cuz Roadrunner has caught on that I slam most of their stuff cuz, while I grew up listening to a lot of the classics of the ’80s and ’90s, recently they’ve been releasing instantly forgettable nü metal. And I don’t pull punches, even if labels pull advertising. Roadrunner released Carnivore (pre-Type O Negative), Death, Brujeria, Obituary, Deicide, Sepultura, Fear Factory (and Nailbomb), and even oddities like a happy hardcore comp (my first) called Make ’em Mokum Crazy, and the first full-length by The Sheila Divine. They’ve fumbled many a fine record and released handfuls of shit in recent years (but OK, I’ll stop bagging on Slipknot cuz, while I hear they’re pricks and they started this whole clown mask shit – yeah, but I’m deep into Cradle of Filth, can you smell the double-standard? – goddamn if they don’t seek’n’destroy), but they’ve put out great metal records in the past, and hopefully when this nü metal fad finishes fucking off, they’ll get behind some worthy bands again.
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