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Rock
Release Date: 05/13/2008
Knoxville Tennessee alt-metal act
10 Years made their major-label debut with 2005's
The Autumn Effect, an utterly ordinary effort much beholden to the likes of
Tool and
Staind, which nonetheless scored a big radio hit with the single
"Wasteland." Reportedly recorded in a fractious intra-band environment (hence the title),
Division nonetheless sounds like the work of a band that carefully and thoroughly deconstructed their previous hit and attempted to replicate it several more times for the follow-up.
Division is a smooth, radio-friendly record with the debut's aggressive tendencies almost entirely sanded off in favor of new producer
Rick Parasher's glossy layers of instruments and vocals. Even potentially powerful quiet-to-loud rockers like
"Russian Roulette" and
"11 a.m. (Daydreamer)" feel over-manicured and far too polite, singer
Jesse Hasek's vocals losing their emotive power in the overall listlessness. Even worse, hints that the band now consider themselves "artists" occasionally rear their ugly heads: the coda of
"Picture Perfect (In Your Eyes)" is nearly as long as the body of the song itself, and even worse, it features a spoken-word poem read by one of the album's female backing vocalists. (Simply that the album has female backing vocalists in the first place is a warning sign for this brand of alt-metal -- call it
"November Rain" Syndrome -- but really, a poem? Why not just call the guy from the
Moody Blues? He can't be busy.) It may well have the intended effect of prolonging the band's chart life temporarily, but
Division sounds if anything like the exact opposite of artistic maturation.
~Stewart Mason, All Music Guide
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Christen
from Nashville,TN
Definately NOT a let down!
10 Years has yet to let me down! Division is just amazing! I highly recommend the CD to everyone!
Britton Stallard
from Ocala, FL
amazing, simply amazing
Well I have heard this album pretty much all the way through and it isn't even out yet. I mostly got to hear it from live shows. These guys know exactly what they are doing. If i could buy every copy I would, except for the fact that I would like others to listen as well. I have it on pre-order. CAN'T WAIT !!!
A reviewer
from Brooklyn, New york
the song beautiful was self explanitory of how it was.
I have heard in advance from the band the song beautiful, and well.. "its so pitiful that it was just as beautiful as it was" ..i replaced the lyric you with it to explain how much i like the music
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