Godsmack - 2003 - Faceless

Godsmack - Faceless

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Artist...............: Godsmack

Album................: Faceless

Genre................: Hard Rock

Source...............: NMR

Year.................: 2003

Ripper...............: NMR

Codec................: LAME 3.97

Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III

Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)

Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz

Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3

Information..........:



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Tracklisting

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1. (00:04:18) Godsmack - Straight Out Of Line

2. (00:03:34) Godsmack - Faceless

3. (00:04:20) Godsmack - Changes

4. (00:04:07) Godsmack - Make Me Believe

5. (00:04:06) Godsmack - I Stand Alone

6. (00:04:20) Godsmack - Re-Align

7. (00:04:07) Godsmack - I Fucking Hate You

8. (00:04:12) Godsmack - Releasing The Demons

9. (00:04:11) Godsmack - Dead And Broken

10. (00:03:57) Godsmack - I Am

11. (00:01:29) Godsmack - The Awakening

12. (00:04:34) Godsmack - Serenity



Playing Time.........: 00:47:16

Total Size...........: 108.19 MB



NFO generated on.....: 12/31/2008 5:02:41 AM





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Faceless is the third studio album by the hard rock band Godsmack. The

album introduced the world to drummer Shannon Larkin, former drummer for

Ugly Kid Joe. The album was released on April 8, 2003. The songs "Straight

Out of Line" and "I Stand Alone" had Grammy nominations for 'Best Rock

Song' and, 'Best Hard Rock Performance' respectively.



Faceless is a departure for the Boston-based four-piece who now welcome

new member, Shannon Larkin, on the drums. Not only is there an

awe-inspiring injection of raw energy from Larkin's admittance into the band's

fold, but vocalist Sully Erna also took this opportunity to test his vocal range

throughout the disc. More melody in music and vocals, deeper subject matter

and extraordinarily potent guitar solos from Tony Rombola punctuate an

evolution that the band stress is not due to any outside influence. The writing

and recording process, according to Erna, was a self-contained one in which

the band holed up in a rented home in Miami, Florida and wrote without

distraction or influence from the rock music scene going on around them.



On the subject of the album, Erna told LAUNCH Media: "It's a bit more musical

at times, it's a bit more melodic, but it's still raw," Erna said. "It's still tough.

It's still got that Godsmack edge to it, but it's not quite as angry, maybe, as

the past stuff has been. But it's still got it's rawness...Well, I shouldn't say

that. There's a couple of nasty f@#kin' songs on this record. But all in all I

think it's just really, I think, some well written stuff. I'm really proud of it."



Robbie Merrill says the group has matured in its songwriting and grown

sonically. Interestingly, despite being heavily influenced by Alice in Chains,

the band hadn't written a song in tribute to its fallen singer Layne Staley, as

rock acts such as Pearl Jam and Staind have done. Instead, Erna found

inspiration after reading Rush drummer Neil Peart's book Ghost Rider: Travels

on the Healing Road, and penned the new song "Serenity", which Merrill says

is similar in motif to the tribal-drum sound of Godsmack's past hit "Voodoo".