Reviews Written by Big Daddy

This Type of Thinking Did Us In

Pros: Contract Fulfillment

Cons: Forgotten roots lead to this result: Tiresome Meaningless Mediocrity

After listening to the Vena Sera album for the first time, I noticed some things have changed with Chevelle. No longer do they reflect what they once were. "To forsake from where you have come, causes you to miss where you are going." The long awaited album seemed to be full of disappointments; the lack of the gear driving punch heard in past works, and most importantly, decent lyrics. Many reviews of this album reveal Chevelle to be a pseudo Tool or Deftones sounding band with this new album. The fact is that that they have always sounded similar to others, but where Chevelle’s uniqueness in style came in was adequately matching their “in-your-face” type of lyrics with aggressive riffs that generated emotion, motivation, and a sense of urgency. Past works have reflected a steady process and increase of those qualities, but seem to be absent in their newest release. This is probably why the band is being deemed a “copy-cat” of other originals. ...