Savior Sorrow

Mushroomhead | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 2, 2007)
• Label: Megaforce
• ASIN: B001BZ69I0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)

Editorial Reviews

"It's a new chapter in Mushroomhead's evolution. There are sounds on this album that sound so brutal and huge. We focused on delivering some vicious hardcore mixed with heavy melodic hooks. Lyrically, it definitely reflects where the world is at this moment in time." Mushroomhead's follow-up to 2003's "XIII" (Republic/Universal) will mark the group's recording debut with singer Waylon, who replaced frontman J. Mann in 2004. The album's first single will hit radio in mid-August. The band will begin a world tour starting September 12, 2006. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Disregard the naysayers., September 22, 2006

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CKV "CKV" (Bowling Green, KY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Savior Sorrow (Audio CD)

This is a different Mushroomhead from the days of Superbuick. Which is okay, because that was a long time and five or six original members ago (I forget!). Perhaps the most noted loss was that of J-Mann, the rap-rock drive that charged to the forefront of every song.

But fear not!

It's true this is album is done in a different vein. When compared to XX and even XIII, there is no mistaking that there is a distinct lack of harshness, both in lyrical and musical content... Not necessarily a bad thing. Waylon sounds nearly identical to the gone but not forgotten J-Mann, though there isn't much of the latter's hard driving rock-rapping to be found on this album (Tattoo is about as hard as this CD gets). Mushroomhead is evolving, as they have always done, and one album cannot pin their everchanging state of their music down.

It's a good start, and I for one am going to be eagerly awaiting whatelse these guys can manage to pull off.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In an age of redundancy, Mushroomhead strives for something different, March 24, 2007

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Shadowrun (Nowhere) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Savior Sorrow (Audio CD)

Tired riffs? This album is a showcase of musical range. The entire spectrum of musical instruments is used in this 12-track epic album. True, the boyz have offered a few more melodic tracks, but what a beautiful blend of the hard and raw with soul-searching, searing rhythms of a Mushroomhead nature. You're not going to find Def Leppard power-ballads, or old-man-Lars-just-looking-for-a-steady-paycheck patterns. This is a unique blend that holds your attention all the way through. Savior Sorrow is not XIII, but Mushroomhead set a high bar with their last release that will likely never be exceeded. I'm not going to compare the two, because it isn't fair. Instead, compare Savior Sorrow with the crap you hear on the radio today, and tell me that this isn't a 5-star masterpiece.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Saved..., October 23, 2006

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C. Jensen (Wonderland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Savior Sorrow (Audio CD)

After reading most of the poor reviews on this album, I was a little confused if everyone was listening to the same album, and if we were...did any of the negative reviewers give the album a few spins to grow? I must admit at first listen this album doesn't seem to come close to comparing to Mushroomhead's 2 previous major label efforts. However after tuning my ear to Waylon's voice, as oppose to trying to judge how much he didn't sound like the great J.Mann, the record became much more enjoyable. To be honest, this is experimental record, and if you come to hear J.Mann, you will NOT hear him on this album. I really enjoy this album the more I listen to it however, the common listener will not give it the listening it deserves after the first spin and they decide "This Sucks" and they toss it aside. That being said, Mushroomhead as a band seem to be progressing still. Although, the jump from XX to XIII was a much greater progression this still offers progression. Give these guys 1 or 2 more albums and they will be at the peak of their game assuming they stay true to form.

Key Tracks - "12 Hundred" "Save Us" "Erase The Doubt"