Nonpoint – Recoil
Author: Dan Bennett
Miami’s Nonpoint burst onto the rap-metal scene in 2000 with their strong major label debut, Statement. A couple years later, they released their follow-up, Development, which had a much different sound than the previous album. Their latest release, Recoil, serves as a great middle ground between their previous releases. Fans of the first album will find songs like “The Same”, a powerful opening track that blends singer Elias Soriano’s melodic vocals with heavy drums and guitar riffs; “Done It Anyway”, a heavy song with hard vocals; and Latin-rap piece “Rabia” much to their liking. Fans of the more mellow Nonpoint will like “Wait”, “Broken Bones”, and their first single, “The Truth”, all of which sound like they were taking straight off of Development, which is actually a good thing in this case. Fans of both albums will be more than satisfied with the album as a whole. One standout track is their cover of “In The Air Tonight” by Phil Collins, which saves itself from being compared to the trendy ironic covers running rampant with pop-punk bands these days. It’s a very strong cover that stands on its own rather than sounding like a rehash of the original song, complete with guitar wails reminiscent of Machine Head. Soriano has clearly grown as a vocalist between albums while the rest of the band do their jobs well. While it’s not likely that this album will remove Nonpoint from the dreaded Nu-metal label, it will satisfy both new fans and fans that were alienated by the sudden change in style between the first two. After all, that is what all bands should be trying to do. Nonpoint succeeds, for the most part.
Rating: 7.5/10
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