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Strong Metal band....spot the influences!

2008-04-16
Dallas is a hotbed for killer metal, like the Bay Area is for thrash....and like the Bay Area's own Skinlab and MachineHead these guys are at the top of their craft. If you dig DP...check out their influences like MachineHead and Skinlab, especially Skinlab with their new live CD, SkinnedAlive

rock amania

2008-04-11
this album was awsome but sometimes i wonder was this album the real cause of dave williams death just think about it sinner theirs been alot of singers that name their album like this but diffrent and they died strange world or it was his time to go but sometimes i wonder was it this album but otherwise this album was hot very great like the songs bodies reminded pity and told you so. great album.

completely overrated

2008-01-04
i'm only writing this because i was stunned and shocked to see how many people are giving this album 5-star reviews. even the amazon reviewer seems to think this album is fantastic. are you people smoking crack?

this was one of the most overrated metal albums of the past decade. they had a catchy one-hit-wonder with the song "bodies," which got annoying after about five listens. and the rest of the album was crap. uninspired, unoriginal, and boring. but everywhere i go, i still hear people rave about it.

i bought this album when it came out, even though i had never heard any of the songs. i do that all the time, just buy albums i've heard of but never actually heard songs from. i've only been really disappointed once or twice. and to be honest, i listened to this album ten or twenty times to see if it would grow on me. it was passable, mindless rock music, but after a month or two, i just got bored with it. it was shallow, dull, and had no redeeming musical qualities at all. once i realized how completely devoid of talent they were, i got rid of the cd.

gets 2 stars instead of 1, because the songs "sinner" and "bodies" are fairly catchy and i would not be averse to hearing them on the radio once and a while. plus the album cover was kind of neat.

This is the best cd that they have made

2007-09-15
This cd is by far the best cd they came out with. I love every song on this cd.

one hit wonder

2006-12-31
We- eeelllll...not much to say. Just a stupid one hit wonder band. ''Bodies'' was their one, big time hit. After ''Bodies''...nothing. All that stupid, poser, wannabe hardass song is good for is for stupid, overly cafenated15 year olds to make InuYasha, Elfen Lied, and The Ring AMV's to. And if you don't believe me, go to youtube.
My cousin emails me stuff like that every day. Only idiots who like poser punk, and Elfen Lied (the most failed atempt at gore ever) will love this, and be uploading ''LUCY - LET DA BODIEEZ HIT DA FLOOR!!!'' as fast as this *snaps fingers*

Excellent & Powerful album that stands out from the pack

2006-09-30
Dallas four-piece Drowning Pool set the rock world on fire this summer with their debut album SINNER. Even before the album's release date, the band has been named to perform on the OZZFEST tour, and their "Bodies" video has gone into BUZZWORTHY rotation on MTV.

The album, produced by Jay Baumgardner (Papa Roach, Coal Chamber, Orgy), combines Drowning Pool's serious heaviness with the energy of their live shows. The single "Bodies" is destined to become THE moshpit anthem for the youth of today, and there's a lot more where that came from!

Drowning Pool's Debut into the Nu-metal scene 2006-09-27
The first time I ever heard of Drowning Pool was during a WWF live event in 2004 when their song 'Bodies' headlined a LIVE wrestling event. I found the song to be catchy and a cleverly designed song. So I went ahead earlier this year and purchased the entire album 'Sinner' from Amazon.com. After listening to this delightful album a number of times it is time for me to share my feelings on this nu-metal band.

Firstly the artwork is pretty interesting and different. The girl looks alittle like Amy Lee of Evanescence at first. The scope of the album pretty much matches the artcover, the mood of this album ranges from discussing religion in earnest in the first song 'Sinner' to relationships in 'All Over Me' and 'Reminded'. The better songs of this album are 'Bodies', 'Mute' and 'Follow'. 'Bodies' quickly became a moshpit favourite in concerts and dancefloors and 'Follow' became a BBQ song to be played with a loop with friends.

Drowning Pool is a band with promise. The band had a death in the lead singer after this album so this album pretty much is the original sound of Drowning Pool. The later albums have a new sound and atmosphere. (See my Desensitized review). I like this Drowning Pool sound best.

Fans of Staind, Linkin Park, Godsmack and Dishwalla will like the offerings of this album. Check it out, you will be surprised to find you like the songs and the sound of Drowning Pool's debut album.

Nu metal at it's best 2006-06-03
I love Drowning Pool. Even if I am a metalhead(Kataklysm, Nile, In Flames, Dark Throne, Dimmu Borgir etc) I still love this band. The leader singer just...to put it bland...rocks! His voice never gets annoying like a few bands(Otep, Limp Bizkit, Audioslave) Great CD. Now here's the track by track.

1. Sinner - 5/5 - Used to be my favorite. Lost interest but still deserves a 5/5 because the song is so beautifully played.
2. Bodies - 3/5 - Overrated too much. The chorus gets on my nerves horribly but I'll listen to it every once and a while
3. Tearing Away - 5/5 - Awesome song. That guitar sounds pretty clean and nice. You gotta download this if you don't have the CD
4. All Over Me - 4/5 - Great track but the chorus lyrics are stupid.
5. Reminded - 4/5 - Pretty good song. Love that intro.
6. Pity - 5/5 - Awesome song. I like the "served on a plate...for all of you to eat" Second best song on this CD
7. Mute - 2/5 - Meh...snore. Not worth downloading if you must download the cd.
8. I Am - 1/5 - Horrible. Bad. The musicianship is good but the singing is gross. It's like the lyrics faded out.
9. Follow 10/5 - This is why this Cd gets 5 stars. Because of this song. This song is just...F#$%%ING GREAT! You MUST have this!
10. Told You So - 5/5 - Love the intro. Good song, telling everyone to shut up.
11. Sermon - 4/5 - Sounds to me like a religious song in the beginning. I don't believe in a god(no I'm not a satanist, I'm an evolutionist) and well that's what ruins it. Other then that it's pretty good.

One thing about this CD is how the lyrics get worse over time. Start at Sinner then skip to I Am and Follow. Then go back to Sinner. See the difference? Yeah that pissed me off. If you need to download this album, save your hardrive space by only downloading: "Follow" "Sinner" "Reminded" "Tearing Away" "Pity" and "Told You So"

Overall it's a great nu-metal CD...coming from a metal head!

Am I the only one who realizes how bad they really are? 2006-04-26
This band sucks! There is no other way to say it! Give me a second and I will provide you with all their lyrics..."Let the bodies hit the floor, let the bodies hit the floor, one, nothing's wrong with me, two, nothing's wrong with me, one, something's got to give, two, something's got to give, reminded of you, reminded of you, all over me, all over me, Pizza Pizza". I got this CD a few years ago because I didn't know much about music and didn't know any better. I seriously think I lost brain cells every time I listened to it. The lyrics are weak, the music is not catchy, nothing stands out, it's booooooorrrrrrrrrring!!!!! The only thing this disc does for me is make me want to shoot myself in the head with a nail gun. Drowning Pool is just a bunch of posers who think they have talent, think they are hard core, when in fact they are not. Beethoven would have puked if you told him this was music. Listen to bands that actually have talent and actually write good music. Ex., Deftones, Tool, Incubus, Lacuna Coil, System of a Down, Dream Theater, 10 Years, In Flames...I could go on. For anyone who gave this worthless piece of junk a five star review because it "rocks all the way through", listen to some of these bands above and compare them to your "amazing drowning pool" before you judge me.

ray and verronica 2006-03-02
i am mexican and white half breed. so what????????? what? excuse me??? no!!!! don't even think it!!! or you know what happened and will happen again!!!!!! black and white it's so plain to c c. anways LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR!!!!!!! THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU!!!!! THEN GET LOST OR GET A LIFE, OR STAY OUT OF THE MUSIC SCEEN FOR A LONG TIME SO I DON'T KNOCK YOU OUT!!!!!!!!! YOU WANT PROBLEMS, YOU GOT THEM!!!! WE HAVE A WHOLE HANDFUL OF THEM TO DISTRIBUTE. NOW, drowning pool drowning pool, drowing pool. something has got to give, get out of your flunking house and leran what it means to live, ut uh tonight you are in jail, i'm sorry, all apolageezes. squeeze your neck like a rubber chicken, now yes i you know you all are flipping spiteful to down such a great rock band, i love them, drowning pool, enough said, oh now you made fred dust angry!!!!!!!! too bad for you!!!! drowning pool, 1 2 3 4 there is nothing wrong with me, what is up with you!!! peace........ Catella, Meow. post this!!!! in all abscent minded kindness. oh i need to remind this one more time, batman and the joker. you up for a game of poker, how about black jack, house always wins, try your dice somewhere else!!! Jared Mark Rosen, i dare you to aproach me. PEACE!!! LOVE!!! meow. Understand this!!! i'm out!!! one time time for DROWNING POOL. THE END< or......