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Genre: alt metal/post-grunge/hard rock Rating:  Check Out: “Never Too Late,” “Let It Die,” “One-X,” “Pain”  Official Site, Myspace |
Unlike their self-titled debut, Three Days Grace’s One-X is a darker, more complex effort. The days of teenage angst and self-pity aren’t really gone, but the themes explored here are far more adult in nature. There is a melodic undertone that wasn’t present in their first album. Perhaps this is due to the increased production on each of the songs, but it never detracts from their sound.
Most of these lyrical changes are the direct result of Gontier’s fight with Oxycontin addiction, and subsequent rehabilitation. Yet, I have to wonder if there was some strain within the band itself, because “Let It Die” sounds as though it were the case.
These boys haven’t experimented as much as they could have on this album, but they have certainly grown in sound and writing. Here’s hoping that experimentation comes in their next one.
Tags: one-x, three days grace
