The Nameless Disease

Remember Stabbing Westward? They were this almost industrial nu-metal act that had a couple singles back in the day. Well, this band sounds like a much much lamer version of them.

The vocalist reminds me of the guys from Staind and Stereomud and the band is musically devoid of anything remotely decent, relying predominately on simple mallcore-esque riff structures with the occasional faux acoustic moments a la A Perfect Circle or even Creed. Of course, the softer moments build back up to the "heavy" riffing with a very simplistic bass and/or bass drum pattern as per Godsmack or Tool. Yeah, sure, there are occasional growls or solos, but both atop a slab of mallcore mean absolutely nothing. Would Linkin Park all of a sudden be "metal" if they had growls and solos? I think not.

So is there anything redeeming at all? Hell no! Why this band is even listed at this site, or was recommended to me by a fan of raw black metal, I will never be able to fathom. I'm sure fans of Opeth and other faux progressive bands that slap 4 solos and 3 minutes of growling on their otherwise rock/pop albums would eat this crap up, but I'm not falling for it.