Taproot

Taproot do their part to perfect the Nu-Metal riff. Guitars in tow, the group use the "I'm sane/I'm insane" approach to vocals while dropping hints of electronics and bringing up some unresolved personal issues. Unrelenting and melodic, the group's twisted pop hits the mark every time.

Taproot's major-label debut is a short, sharp shock -- forty-three and a half minutes of pure
heartland heavy-rock rage. These songs' choruses don't give relief from the cacophony so
much as they throw the listener into even more jagged corners. Unfortunately, the
Michigan quartet's pretty-hate-machine anti-authoritarian lyrics sound preprogrammed
("Life sucks sometimes," goes "Emotional Times"). The young band can't exactly s... More >