★★★★★
It's been ten and a half years since P.O.D. have, arguably, released their last great album. Since that time, they've experienced the departure of guitarist Marcos Curiel from the band, experimented with Living Sacrifice's Jason Truby, and then welcomed Marcos back into the fold. All the while, they were never quite able to capture the perfect blend of an album like Satellite...
- www.jesusfreakhideout.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
P.O.D. has a tale to tell about dizzying success and dismal let-down. Having become the breakout band of 2001 with the release of Satellite on September 11th (yes THAT Sept. 11th), P.O.D. would catapult to international fame. For a while, it seemed like the boys could do no wrong having hit song after hit song and becoming the most heavily featured artist on movies like Any Given Sunday, The Matrix Reloaded, and... Little Nicky...
- www.indievisionmusic.com
2012-07-09
★★★★★
3.5/5 A decade removed from their platinum-selling Satellite days, these earnest rap-metal survivors are still building big-chorus riff bombs designed to set off the youth of the nation: Be assured that P.O.D.'s return to Indieland hasn't led to a sonic downsizing in crunchy new cuts like "Higher" and "Lost in Forever." That said, Murdered Love is best when all the anthemic stuff comes equipped with the sort of infectious grooves that the band's SoCal stomping ground is known for...
- www.revolvermag.com
2012-07-05
★★★★★
P.O.D. has had an amazing run of success over the last year, thanks to their Atlantic Records contract, which spawned the album The Fundamental Elements of Southtown. That project has already reached gold selling status and is on its way to hitting the one million copy platinum mark. In addition, the band has been plastered all over MTV, particularly with their hit video "Rock the Party," which has stuck on the Total Request Live countdown the entire summer...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-01-20
★★★★★
In a world that used to be swarming with rap-metal figureheads like Jacoby Shaddix and the infamous Freddie Durst, what better logical way could there be to attract the smart music listener than to market yourself as the flipside of those contemporaries? Enter P.O.D., who, while sounding similar, have strived admirably for an impression longer-lasting (no "I'd love to sniff those panties" here)...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-01-20
★★★★★
P.O.D.--or to give them their full name, Payable on Death--are believe it are not, a massively popular Christian band. But with some absolutely huge, crunching riffs, plenty of frantic vocals and a positively pounding rhythm section, they thankfully do not resemble Stryper, the last bastions of the Bible to successfully cross over to the rock mainstream...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-01-20
★★★★★
P.O.D. has had an amazing run of success over the last year, thanks to their Atlantic Records contract, which spawned the album The Fundamental Elements of Southtown. That project has already reached gold selling status and is on its way to hitting the one million copy platinum mark. In addition, the band has been plastered all over MTV, particularly with their hit video "Rock the Party," which has stuck on the Total Request Live countdown the entire summer...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-01-20
★★★★★
P.O.D. has had an amazing run of success over the last year, thanks to their Atlantic Records contract, which spawned the album The Fundamental Elements of Southtown. That project has already reached gold selling status and is on its way to hitting the one million copy platinum mark. In addition, the band has been plastered all over MTV, particularly with their hit video "Rock the Party," which has stuck on the Total Request Live countdown the entire summer...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-01-20
★★★★★
What went wrong with P.O.D.'s Testify (and probably the last album)? Well, you have to wait thirty minutes into the Testify audio commentary to hear it right from the source, but it all eventually makes sense. As the band explains the creative decisions made on "Let You Down"--a song responding to two close friends who attempted suicide, with one being tragically successful--the album's hollow rehash aftertaste makes sense...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-01-20
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