★★★★★
Sound: Heaviest Staind album besides Tormented, which doesn't count due to the fact that it's so ridiculously hard to find. The difference here iss that Tormented was a rather harsh album from what I've heard of it, where as Dysfunction is a more refined and perfected art of the metal onslaught that used to be Staind. The song "Crawl" has one of the best uses of harmonics I have ever heard in my lifetime...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Sound: I must say, I'm rather impressed by Staind's attempt here. Upon the first listen, I just didn't feel enough of it, but a second closer look revealed a much more interesting and musical album than I anticipated and heard the first time. If you're a Staind fan, this is sure to please, and if you aren't, you will be soon...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Sound: For many a Staind fan, a good chunk of the Springfield, Massachusetts, band's latest self-titled release is slightly old news. Songs like "Not Again" and "Eyes Wide Open" have been making the airplay rounds for several months now, but it's never a terrible thing to create an early buzz. What you might have noticed upon hearing any of Staind's seventh studio album is that it's a fairly big leap away from the many acoustic and/or mellow vibe that has fueled quite a few of their hit songs...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Sound: I am a huge Staind fan. Mike Mushok is one of top 3 favorite guitar players sitting alongside Mike Tremonti and Jerry Cantrell. He delivers sounds you have never heard before - he is able to take rumbling riffs and driving choruses and make them resonate like no one else...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Sound: For the decade since their first gig in February 1995, Staind became multi-platinum band, released five albums and played numerous amounts of concerts. Their fifth record, "Chapter V," out in August 2005, as singer Aaron Lewis describes it, "is the fifth chapter of feelings in a six-year long book; a narrative of feelings...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Sound: The sound can be really depressing, but that is great. I like the way they combine the metal with the emotions of some of the songs, like they do on So Far Away and How About You. But there are heavy songs on it too, Like Price To Play. // 10 Lyrics and Singing: The lyrics are great, they always show what the want to say. The voice is great, Aaron's voice is one of the best ever...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Early in 2011, Staind lead singer Aaron Lewis did the unthinkable for a hard rock front man: he made a country record. That EP, Town Line, found Lewis playing with meter, adopting a gentler affectation, and introducing some genuinely interesting images in his lyrics. Town Line exposed a nuanced songwriter ready to ditch the tired rock tropes to reach a new audience... ... and then Staind put out its self-titled seventh album...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-10-20
★★★★★
A short time ago, I conducted an interview with Staind guitarist, Mike Mushok, for Muse magazine. In our conversation, he said to me that Staind are still a hard rock band and that their seventh studio album would be a revisit to the heavy days of Dysfunction and Break the Cycle. In spite of his assurances, I still had my doubts...
- www.musicreview.co.za
2011-10-03
★★★★★
4/5 Considering their increasingly mellow and melodic recent releases, Staind's seventh album is a shockingly crushing tour de force. The Springfield, Massachusetts, trio has dragged its now familiar mix of Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, and old-school Korn back through the gnarled metal grinder that spit out their first two albums, 1996's Tormented and 1999's Dysfunction...
- www.revolvermag.com
2011-09-22
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