A blaring riff, powerhouse vocals, and grooving atmosphere immerses listeners into a thrill ride. ‘Devour’ is a sudden rush of adrenaline to get listeners rocking on the first note. These rock clichés aren’t the only problems, but we’ll get to those later. Clocking in under 45 minutes with a mere 11 songs, Sound of Madness boasts familiar themes of love, loss, and addiction. I bet readers are starting to see where the name spurred from. Smith went as far to record a rumored 60 singles in the studio. Shinedown was on the verge of shattering the glass ceiling and grasping the brass ring. An album developed over the course of 18 months riddled in turmoil, lineup changes, and shortcomings, Brent Smith had a singular vision Sound of Madness would be not only Shinedown’s biggest album, but their *best* album.Ī lot was riding on this record. Many assumed they were the next “it” band, as pretentious as that is, Sound of Madness might even convince listeners. They showed potential, which is something most of the acts previously mentioned didn’t have. It wasn’t until ‘Save Me’ the band gained the necessary attention. Hailing from the southern rock breeding ground of Jacksonville, the quartet bubbled under the radar with ‘45’ and ‘Fly from the Inside’ being their namesake. Each act had the same sort of formula: they release that *one* measly single that moves people for a few months, and they skyrocket to the top. Just when you think they’re gone, BOOM, a new single drops. Puddle of Mudd, Theory of a Deadman, and countless others fade in and out of relevancy. Countless acts couldn’t wait to melt into the scene, get their 5 minutes of fame, score a few bucks, and fade out. Painfully generic songs either copied an existing band, or were catchy enough to get stuck in one’s head for a few months.
Most, like Crossfade, were a mere flash in the pan. Band after band jumped in and out of the wagon.
Giants like Nickelback, 3 Doors Down, and Seether dominated the airwaves. Otherwise im clueless and by the way.Radio rock is a crowded closet with many outfits. But still the bottom line is fighting back for yourself to go forward not with a gun for survival from your own lack of self discipline. By the hired negotiator -so it seems the story does revolve around the go between/phone call guy who is acting so victimized but he probably owed a debt to the fat gangster boss (drugs gambling etc.)and was the one who snagged the girl for money because he had gotten that low so he hid with a gun but did'nt fight back and say no to the acts that kept him spirally down lower so in the end he took his medicine death bacause once you are willing to do what he did theres no coming back even if he(shooter) was once even friends with the man. Well, there seems to definetly be a deeper meaning behind the story line- what we are shown is someone who seems to be a victim or at least in trouble acting as a middle man or go between for a low life/level ganster who has kidnapped a young girl/child now whether Tony is the Gangster and Mr.Morris is the black dude who pays the ransom or vice versa or the same guy (one of them) i thought while watching paying partial attention (mostly jamming to the song-which rocks)that the guy making the phone call and meeting with the black guy (private investigator or the like)was the dad, then only to notice He was (and the others) first guy to get shot and then the girl is rescued and brought home.
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