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Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 04/10/2007
Run Time: 43:48
The roots of the spinoff
heavy metal band
Hellyeah date back to a 2003 tour by
Mudvayne and
Nothingface, after which singer
Chad Gray and guitarist
Greg Tribbett from the former combined with guitarist
Tom Maxwell and bassist
Jerry Montano from the latter in a songwriting session. Conflicting schedules kept the project on hold for several years, until, during hiatuses from their usual commitments, the musicians reconvened with former
Pantera and
Damageplan drummer
Vinnie Paul. The result is not exactly a "supergroup," but it is a collection of musicians who came in knowing what they were doing. Their album is a competent example of its genre, in which
Tribbett and
Maxwell combine to create crushing riffs over the pummeling rhythm section of
Montano and
Paul, while
Gray howls typically enraged, expletive-littered lyrics to songs with titles like
"Hellyeah," "Goddamn," and
"Rotten to the Core." The aggressive attitude gives way on
"Star," a song of romantic devotion as unfettered in its expression of gentle feelings as the other songs are of belligerent ones. Also dialed down from the usual
thrash is the
hard rock ballad "Thank You," a sort of musical version of the extensive acknowledgements section that occupies as much space in the CD booklet as the lyric sheet ("Thank you! Mother/Thank you! Father/Thank you! Brother," etc.). It's easy to imagine
Hellyeah becoming a main occupation for the bandmembers, even though the music doesn't constitute a notable variation from their other affiliations.
~William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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Phil B.
from Ephrata, PA
Amazing
This is album is by far the best in my collection. It is near perfect.
Mudvayne NothingFace and Pantera
2 band member from mudvayne and 2 from nothing face a 1 from pantera make this band the. this album in pretty much in your face the whole time with outstanding vocals by chad grey and the drums in track 4 Waging War are thre best i've ever heard. then all of a sudden they slow it down with a great song called alohaulin' ass then right after that they slam you again with my personal favorite song Goddamn anyways what im trying to say is click the buy it now link every person that likes metal will love this album
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