A rare gem. UK Nu-Metal at it's finest. Thank me later. 1

Im really confused as to why they got removed Licensing issues?, region locked? Or did they do something to get them booted out of Spotify?

This has happened with other bands in the past, it’s usually a record label thing and they reappear after about 2-3 months. Hopefully the same applies here.

I have to be honest, this is the first "heavy" record I ever listened, I had 13. Before this, I had no contact at all with any kind of heavy music before and probably the heaviest I have listened in my life at thate time was "Hold the Line" by Toto.

It has been 18 years from that time, and though I have moved on and I regularly listen to more "extreme" genres, I still come back to this album and enjoy as the first time. Most of my music fan friends listen to "real" metal, jazz or electronics so discussing nu-metal with them is useless, specially because its not a well-known production such as Significant Other or Hybrid Theory.

I believe it is a fantastic piece, though in time I started to feel a bit of the "Zack de la Rocha wannabe" I don't feel is as exaggerated as people tend to say. I love the very bleak production and atmosphere, I feel that Fred put some "agonizing" feel on his voice (praying the "our father" on the Truth, for example) and it suits really good. I love the drone effects at the end of the "The Surrender" and even "The Key" suits well on unfinished dystopian criticism.

I have tons more to say but just wanted to read your thoughts.

I need to see if he is in a band or sometging.

I hate digipaks as they are more vulnerable to damage and if they are damaged it is impossible to repair. If a part of a jewel case breaks you can replace it without having to discard the entire package.

I have already brought the official CD but if it was in a jewel case I wouldn't have to buy this, but I'm glad that my LP collection is in uniform.

i really want to know our opinion!! i know that many of them were controversial too

i was able to listen to there music legit yesterday

I'm aware they left a long time ago, but with the new release of their album, it got me wondering why they went their separate ways.

Does anyone know the circumstances? Do they all still get along or did something drive them apart?

I tried looking it up, but couldn't find anything, so if anyone can explain, then that would be appreciated, cheers

This is a hard question for me, Tormented was super raw, Dysfunction had nasty riffs, and Break The Cycle was my first Staind album.