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Summary: Takes time to find the beauty
Comment: Seether return with their third studio album, following on from the 2002 release Disclaimer (and the
two Disclaimer II re-releases a couple of years later) and the 2005 follow-up Karma & Effect. They
also return a man down - former guitarist Pat Callahan is no longer with the band (the official date
of his depature was 14th June 2006, having been a full-time member of the band since 2004, before
which he spent a long stint as their tour guitarist).

Despite Seether being a
much-maligned band in some corners of the music industry, I have always liked their music. I
wouldn't say Seether have ever been a particularly sophisticated or overly technical band because
they're not. But I think what really shines with the band is the angst that radiates through their
songs. "Gasoline", taken from the Disclaimer/Disclaimer II albums, is still one of my most listened
to rock tracks some 5 years on. So can Seether replicate this for their new album? The answer
isn't quite a resounding yes - it's a somewhat mixed bag in places - but overall the band just about
manage to pull it off, as I shall explain.

Seether always kick off an album with a
beast of a track - for example "Gasoline" on Disclaimer/Disclaimer II and "Because Of Me" on Karma &
Effect are two songs that contain monster-sized, angst-ridden riffs and vocals. Seether do the same
on this album with the opening track "Like Suicide" - I just love the heavy riff that kicks in at
about the minute mark. It's a perfect way to kick off the album and is easily one of the best songs
Seether have ever done. Let's run through the tracks one by one:

1. "Like Suicide" -
best track on the album by a mile; it's moody, angry and has the best riff on the entire album (just
love the pounding drums that accompany the monster riff, which comes just after the choruses). This
kind of song is what Seether do best, fantastic track 10/10

2. "Fake It" - the first
single, which I wasn't too keen on at first but it's really grown on me. Like the music video to
this 8/10

3. "Breakdown" - quite a moody and emotive track; one of the slower tracks
on here but with a big soaring chorus 9/10

4. "FMLYHM" - alright track; very middle of
the road Seether track (heavy but not as heavy as their older stuff) 6/10

5. "Fallen"
- not too sure on this track; very middle of the road again but just don't find it particulalrly
exciting, even though it's quite a rocky song 5/10

6. "Rise Above This" - probably
the most radio-friendly track on here; almost a song to cruise to. Very optimistic-sounding song,
which is ironic because it's about Shaun's brother Eugene, in advance of his tragic death last
August. For the feel of this song, think electric guitars mixed with an acoustic mid-tempo sound.
9/10

7. "No Jesus Christ" - a seven minute epic that takes almost 2 minutes before the
main guitar riff kicks in. I'm not overly keen on this track - just don't think there is quite
enough variety to warrant such a duration as seven minutes 6/10

8. "6 Gun Quota" -
reasonable rock track but not the best Seether have to offer. The sound on this song reminds me of
Nickelback, particularly the chorus 7/10

9. "Walk Away From The Sun" - quite a unique
sounding song on the album. Acoustic to start with then the mid-section adds a bit of distortion,
leading into probably the best little guitar solo I have heard Seether do (they don't do very many
at all). This song builds up to a decent climax. A brilliantly haunting track 10/10
/>10. "Eyes Of The Devil" - not too keen on this track, just doesn't hold my interest 5/10 />
11. "Don't Believe" - dark sounding track but not much variation to it 5/10
/>12. "Waste" - the closing track. I think this song is quite unique amongst Seether's other
tracks. It has a soaring chorus but the overall sound is different to what Seether normally do
6/10

Overall, this is a reasonable album - at first I thought this was the weakest
album yet but after sveral listens it has really grown on me. I had exactly the same reaction to
Karma & Effect when that was released and yet I still find time to listen to that album because I
gradually grew very fond of it. I feel the same is happening with Finding Beauty In Negative
Spaces.

With each and every studio album Seether have released, they have continuosly
streamlined their sound and there is a lot less screaming on this album than previous releases - the
opening track, "Like Suicide", contains the most violent screams to be found on this album. In the
context of this song I think the screaming section works but generally speaking I'm glad Seether
don't put too many fits of screaming into their songs any more - it was my main criticsm on an
otherwise excellent Disclaimer II. On the flip-side, don't go expecting anything as gentle as
"Broken" on here because there is nothing as mellow as that on this album.

To sum up, I
think if you like the previous albums you will enjoy Finding Beauty In Negatve Spaces. The sounds
doesn't deviate too much from what they've done before - it's recognisably Seether but they have
thrown in a few new sounds (listen out for the backing piano-sounding sectons on a couple of tracks
- only very brief and subtle so might be hard to spot). This is a gentle progression as opposed to
anything distinctly new but it's different enough to feel fresh yet will be instantly recongnisable
to existing fans.

Overall 4/5

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Summary: seether
Comment: the new seether album is one of the best album in the world iv been lising to the for about 4 years
iv been with them the whole way seether rule !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Customer Rating:

Summary: Fantastic.
Comment: Great album as a whole - with many strong songs:

1. Like Suicide - Great! (9/10) />2. Fake It - Classic (10/10)
3. Breakdown - Different but Strong (8/10)
4. FMLYHM -
Catchy and Fun (9/10)
5. Fallen - Heavy, classic Seether. (8/10)
6. Rise Above This -
Cool song (8/10)
7. No Jesus Christ - Brilliant. (9/10)
8. 6 Gun Quota - Equally
strong song (9/10)
9. Walk Away From the Sun - Different style but shows seether can do no
wrong! (9/10)
10. Eyes of the Devil - New angle, but great. (8/10)
11. Don't Believe
-Heavy, good song.
12. Waste - Slower, relaxed tune. (7/10).

All in all a very
good album.

If you like rock music of a heavier caliber (i.e. with a bit of attutude)
then buy this album. It's worth every penny.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Finally
Comment: Finally Seether have decided to see the fun side of life, man i am into hip hop and metal which can
make a wkd combo. 'Linkin Park'
Fake It sounds great still has great distorted guitar
sounds, but this CD is hardly available anywhere else but Amazon which is strange.

I
love the fact that Seether have tried to side step their ultra depressing past songs, those wernt
very advertising or pleaseing.
cheers Shaun!!

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