On this one rainy day

[Wisemon]

I could've bought the new A.F.I. album today, but I'm holding out for the import version with a cover of Nine Inch Nail's "Head Like a Hole." I have low expectations for this album.

In the meantime, only one commercial rock album has been a pleasant surprise so far this year. I'm talking about Godsmack's "IV," which is only their fourth album if you don't count "All Wound Up" and "The Other Side," but that's beside the point. I would say that this is Godsmack's best album yet, much like Disturbed's "Ten Thousand Fists" back in September, the musical maturity is shown here.


"Livin In Sin": 7/10. It's a good song, but it's not very catchy.
"Speak": 8/10. It's a catchy song, but it's lyrically poor, but then again, this is Godsmack.
"The Enemy" 7/10. It's a good rocker.
"Shine Down" 9/10. Possibly inspired by the awesome band of the same name, this loses a point for being religious, but it's not in a preachy way, and the harmonica sounds great.
"Hollow" 7/10. A slower song, kind of like Korn's "Hollow Life."
"No Rest for the Wicked" 6/10. Starts like "I Stand Alone," and then it gets ugly.
"Bleeding Me" 6/10. Now they're borrowing titles from Metallica. Too bad this song is nowhere near as good as Metallica's "Bleeding Me."
"Voodoo Too" 8/10. The drum melody is back. It sounds pretty cool, but they're borrowing from Metallica on this one too ("The Unforgiven II").
"Temptation" 7/10. It's overrated.
"Mama" 7/10. It's still better than Metallica's "Mama Said," which is probably where they got the idea.
"One Rainy Day" 10/10. The best song on the album! It sounds like a superior Alice In Chains song.