True Self

Soil | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 2, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Drt
• ASIN: B000F8DB7Q
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #161,784 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Tracks: 1. Fight For Life 2. Give It Up 3. Pick Me Up 4. The Last Chance 5. True Self 6. Hear Me 7. Forever Dead 8. Let Go 9. Until It's Over 10. Jaded 11. Threw It Away 12. One Last Song. Made in the USA. UPC 828730043728

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars From Redefined to Revamped, May 9, 2006

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Sky (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: True Self (Audio CD)

First of all, this is the Import release. If you've stumbled here by accident, you can find the cheaper domestic release at Amazon too.

What a strange circle: Dave Williams of Drowning Pool tragically passes, and Jason Jones joins Drowning Pool with a new sound...growling, unlistenable vocals; Ryan McCombs leaves Soil for "family reasons", and AJ Cavalier joins Soil with a new sound...growling, unlistenable vocals; Jason Jones leaves Drowning Pool, and Ryan McCombs joins Drowning Pool. Dave Williams, unfortunately, will not be back to join Soil after AJ leaves to complete the circle.

And, hey, AJ may never leave which will likely suit fans that enjoy bands that angrily shout all the lyrics through their songs. But if you loved Soil's Redefined you might not even like True Self.

The problem with True Self is it's not really Soil. I simply do not get why bands that have a major change in their line-up keep the same band name. Of course it works sometimes (Iron Maiden, AC/DC), but it mostly fails.

AJ at times actually does sound like early Ryan on the early Soil disks. And AJ does have a good voice when he "sings" instead of growls...but he predominantly growls. And there's a market for that growling vocal style. I am not in that market. AJ's growling on True Self is a far cry from Ryan's clearly sung anthem rockers on Soil's 5 star Redefined release.

If you're looking for the Soil that you knew that belted out songs with anthem choruses like "Redefined", "Cross My Heart", "Pride" & "Suffering", you might need to look to Drowning Pool's upcoming release with Ryan...because they are not here with AJ.

I hate to bash the new guy, but the frontman makes the band. If this is Soil's True Self, I'd say that they need to Redefine.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Some good songs, but overall not that great, June 11, 2006

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Jnrohrer "Nate" (Indiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: True Self (Audio CD)

I bought this cd the day it came out. I knew the band had changed singers, but I had heard "Fight for Life" and "Give It Up" on their website before the cd came out and I liked those two songs. If you add the songs "Forever Dead" and "Last Chance" and "One Last Song" its a decent album. The biggest problem is that it has too many fillers. But this is still enjoyable to listen to.

5.0 out of 5 stars The real classic, October 11, 2011

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Godzilla - See all my reviews

This review is from: True Self (Audio CD)

While many say Soil with RYAN era is the band's finest moments I would say True Self hangs right with any of those albums.The obvious new addition of AJ CAVALIER gave the band a more well rounded sound from being heavy as well as even more melodic.Songs like "Hear Me" are more mature than most of the bands past tracks.The guitar riffs of Shaun Glass & Adam Zadel are on fire and prove the band is firing on all cylinders.If you want TRUE rock look no further as I know this is a hidden gem.