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This review was submitted by: Eamon Shortt
Artist: Drowning Pool
Album: Full Circle
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After the death of David Williams and the departure of Jason Jones enters New Vocalist Ryan McCombs (ex-Soil). The wait for "Full Circle" has been a long one for fans but is at last with us.

The album opens with it's title track "Full Circle", hitting you with the same power as previous albums. Ryan's voice has added a whole new dynamic to the band providing a wall of hard hitting rock.

'Enemy' Opens with High pitched Guitar quickly turning into heavy hard riffs and a slightly "heavy melodic" chorus. 'Shame' is th enext track with a slight old-school grunge feel to the song but with an agressive attitude!

We hear what appears to be an acoustic guitar intro to 'Reborn'. This is more of a power ballad than anything, but with one of the best Guitar Solo's I have heard CJ Pierce create!... 'Reason I'm Alive' contains some very clearly heartfelt lyrics and beautiful guitar lines.

Drowning Pool work closely with the 'USO' which is the inspiration for 'Soldiers'. With marching style drums, and lyrics "Huh! Yeah! This Is For The Soldiers", Drowning Pool have created a worthwhile Hard Impacting tribute song!

'Paralyzed' sees the acoustic guitar come back again with some amazing guitar work in this slow paced track. 'Upside Down' keeps the record moving with deep thumping bass riffs, you can't not headbang along.

Another slower track on the album is '37 Stitches', Ryan is clearly singing the lyrics with a lot of meaning and passion. Picking up the pace and hitting you in the face with powerfull drum patterns is 'No More'.

When you see a song is called 'Love X2', you don't expect it to be as up beat and heavy as Drowning Pool have mastered it to be. 'Duet' has one of the most deep bass intro's I have heard for a long time and it carries on throughout the song.

when a band attempts cover songs live or on CD it's going to be amazing, or it's going to be awful. Drowning Pool finish off 'Full Circle' with a cover of Billy Idol classic 'Rebel Yell'. Most aspects of the song has been kept the same but just made alot heavier thsn the orginal. One of the best covers i've ever heard.


Overall: 10/10 Passion,Powerful,Progressive is the only way to descibe 'Full Circle'