American Head Charge
The Feeding

THE REVIEW

I discovered A.H.C. in 2002 when I was struck by the clip of "Just so you know," a great nu-metal track with very "faithnomorian" atmospheres. Back then, I quickly got the LP "The War of Art" to realize that I was facing yet another clone band, a great bluff, the idea of a "clone-band" which, if I had reviewed the album, wouldn't have even gone beyond a generous 2 (for the presence of the single and good production).
A couple of listens, the aforementioned single remains an isolated case, the album sits on the shelves collecting dust. "We'll see what they do in the future," I thought back then. Three years have passed, and here they are with the new "The Feeding," a new lineup, and a new record label.

I listen with great skepticism and... SURPRISE, the album in question is not at all a bad job!
It starts immediately at 100 per hour with the first single "Loyalty," a great track, very aggressive, anchored in the classic Nu phrasing (paranoia/rage) here proposed in a simple but effective way. Then the album flows straight, not always up to par since the tracks are quite listenable but as they enter the ear, they exit it until "Take what I've taken" which finds its best moment in the final intensity.
Compared to its predecessor, it's undeniable that the band has added a greater dose of intensity and rage to their sound, refreshing a mix that was starting to taste a bit too much like an overcooked omelet. The rage of "Leave Me Alone," the erratic pace of "Erratic," and the solemn concluding "To Be Me" are other pleasing moments of the album.
In between the last two, however, lies the album's pinnacle: "Cowards," which is a real gunshot to the ears, a pure state of fury that never loses its tone, a real outburst that cannot go unnoticed.

A more than decent work that promotes the band and their greatly improved compositional abilities, but everything is still fits into the Nu-Metal cauldron; I don't see and hear that personality which would allow the band to make the quality jump, there's little originality... perhaps the mass success will come ("Loyalty" might have what it takes), but perhaps in a month we won't be talking about it anymore since time passes and trends change.