Description
Testify is the sixth studio album by the American alternative metal band P.O.D., released on Atlantic Records in January 2006. The album was recorded December 2004 – July 2005 by Bill Malina, Greg Fidelman, and Travis Wyrick at various studios in California – at the John Phillips Estate in Palm Spring, The Plant in Sausalito, Aerowave Studios in Encino, Signature Sound in San Diego, and at Henson Studios in Hollywood – with Glen Ballard and the band producing. Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge, assisted by Dmitar “Dime-e” Krnjaic and Keith Armstrong, at Resonate Music in Burbank, California. All songs written by the band.
P.O.D. is Sonny Sandoval on lead vocals, Jason Truby on guitar (formerly of Living Sacrifice fame), Traa Daniels om bass, and Wuv Bernardo on drums.
First up I must confess I was a little disappointed by P.O.D.’s last effort, so with this being a rather natural follow on from their last album I feared I was building myself up for another anti-climax. But then it was not the quality of music I had issues with, but the style – which is far too subjective. So once I put that aside I was able to enjoy ‘Testify’ much more than I thought I would. It doesn’t hit home in the metal stakes like ‘Satellite‘ and ‘Fundamental Elements‘ did but that was to be expected, this band have always had the ability to shift away from being stuck in a genre rut. You could argue to some extent that the band are mellowing with age, but to a much larger extent you could argue that with age the band are capable of crafting ever more intricate and beautiful pieces of music. My natural thought when taking on Jason Truby as the successor to Marcos Curiel prior to their last album was that this band was gonna get harder and heavier, yet the very reverse seems to have happened – focussing ever more on melodic moments. The lead single «Goodbye For Now» aptly sums up the mood of the majority of the album. The song following on from that and the opener prove to be the other highlights for me personally (unsurprisingly they contain some of the heavier moments too) although do not best demonstrate the craft and intricacy that went into some of the other tunes. Keep an open mind and you should enjoy this well produced album but if you’re still hungering for another classic status ‘Satellite’ you will be disappointed. [Greg Sammons, Cross Rhythms, January 2006]
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CD tracklist:
01. Roots In Stereo (feat. Matisyahu)
02. Lights Out
03. If You Could See Me Now
04. Goodbye For Now (feat. Katy Perry)
05. Sounds Like War
06. On The Grind
07. This Time
08. Mistakes & Glories
09. Let You Down
10. Teachers
11. Strength Of My Life (feat. Matisyahu)
12. Say Hello
13. Mark My Words (feat. Sick Jacken)
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