The alt-metal, grunge-rock, hard-hitting heroes Godsmack didn\u2019t waste anytime hitting #1 on the Billboard Charts in 2006 when IV<\/i> came out. For the first time, this classic album is available on vinyl, and it comes with remastered audio at 45 RPMs.<\/p>\n
The album leads with \u201cLivin In Sin,\u201d where background noise and talking segues into Shannon Larkin\u2019s dense drums and Sully Erna\u2019s distinct vocals that soar in the hard rock template. \u201cSpeak\u201d follows with a busy and charged energy via Tony Rombola\u2019s driving guitar, and \u201cThe Enemy\u201d continues the intensity via a chugging approach that\u2019s forceful and rumbling.<\/p>\n
Side B offers us ambience and Erna\u2019s harmonica, as \u201cShine Down\u201d emits plenty of melody, while \u201cHollow\u201d opens calmly, where warm acoustic guitar and intimate singing won\u2019t go unnoticed. \u201cNo Rest For The Wicked\u201d exits this portion with Robbie Merrill\u2019s bass complementing and Erna\u2019s talk box that populates the grungy rocker.<\/p>\n
Side C brings us the best track, the swirling and animated \u201cBleeding Me,\u201d which is a thick and precise version of alt-rock and metal that balances power and melody, though the rowdy yet meticulous song craft of \u201cTemptation\u201d is a close second. The record finishes with the dreamy versus abrasiveness of \u201cOne Rainy Day,\u201d which leads into the hidden track \u201cSafe And Sound,\u201d that carries some bluesy spirit. <\/p>\n
This is Godsmack\u2019s fourth album and it sees the band spreading their wings much from roots set firmly in metal, undoubtedly due to engineer Andy Johns, who had previously worked with Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones and Van Halen. It would produce three hit singles, and eventually hit Gold status, further cementing the outfit as leaders in modern metal while delivering their most honest songwriting at the time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":35280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[6515],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-47167","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-godsmack","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/47167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/47167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=47167"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=47167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}