Back with more Confessions of The Fallen straight from Aaron Lewis’ mind, continuing the ‘Cycle of Hurting’ he mines at his scars from trauma to pour his pain and soul into Staind’s forthcoming 8th studio album. The first to be released in 12 years.
Amidst the exciting announcement of their return, Staind graced our ears with music we’ve been missing since grunge/nu-metal music & Pimp My Ride were on the same TV channel. ‘Lowest In Me’ sets the premise for Confessions of The Fallen with a very nu-metal vibe built up of low opens, palm-muted leads, clean verses with a strong backbone of drums, and muddy breakdowns with well-aged screams from Lewis. Showing us that having a decade break has only strengthened his vocal style. Tied to a shared vein as their comeback release, ‘Cycle of Hurting’ follows the same heavy path with more refined electronic samples and complete guitar fury. Like a fly, it’s hard not to get caught in the rhythmic catchiness of Staind’s web.
With an incoming album only 3 weeks away, Staind open a third set of doors to the record accompanied by absolute banger ‘In This Condition’. You’re invited in by gritty, eurythmic vocals that lead the song by the throat with chugs and backing octave/phaser effects. The chorus vocals and variational rhythm changes on the guitars keep the song extremely captivating and leave you looking up the lyrics afterwards to sing back at your speaker the next spin through.
Staind are back and they’re clearly not here to mess around. The hiatus period is over, Confessions of The Fallen arrives on September 15 via Alchemy Records/BMG.
Words by Ed Atlas @YourFavouriteMerchGuy
Stream 'In This Condition' here
Pre-order Confessions of the Fallen here
Staind – Confessions of the Fallen tracklisting
1. Lowest In Me
2. Was Any of it Real?
3. Here and Now
4. In This Condition
5. Out of Time
6. Cycle of Hurting
7. The Fray
8. Better Days
9. Hate Me Too
10. Confessions of the Fallen
