Sound of Madness, The Review

The Sound of Madness really puts its best foot forward as Shinedown has chosen to start its third release with its first single and its strongest track, "Devour." The song starts with a drum beat and builds up to a crescendo as lead singer Brent Smith enters with his gravelly voice singing "Taking, taking, taking taking it all; taking, taking, taking, taking – until you take a fall." The heavy guitars and pounding rhythms combine to form a sure-fire hit song reminiscent of some of the better heavy metal acts of the early-to-mid 1980s.
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While Shinedown camps out comfortably in the middle of the road, turning the amps to 11 and utilizing razor sharp riffery, it also pleases the ear of anyone who likes to rock out and watch Nascar races. With "Sound of Madness" and "If You Only Knew," Shinedown can sink their fangs into a large quantity of the population's neck with their balanced blend of tunefulness and their ability to bring the rock.
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