Pax 217 - Engage

Monday 13th May 2002
Pax 217 - Engage
Pax 217 - Engage

STYLE: Hard Music
RATING 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
OUR PRODUCT CODE: 5099-4897
LABEL: Forefront FFD5295
FORMAT: CD Album
RRP: £14.67

Reviewed by Tony Cummings

We raved about the band's debut 'Twoseventeen' and talked to them in a previous issue. Now they're roaring back with a storming followup. Not dissimilar to P.O.D. with gutsy guitars colliding with gritty hip hop and rolling reggae rhythms, producer Phillip Steir keeps the sound raw and raging though never drowning the melodic hooks in sonic overkill. Lots of killer kuts, "I'll See You" with its resonant assurance of God's love, the reggae-rhythmed "Move On This", the doomy, seriously heavy "Melody" and its haunting plea for "one more melody." Commercial hard music doesn't get much better than this. Throw off any suspicion that Nashville are simply cloning P.O.D. for the evangelical market and investigate this set.

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1. Tonight [Listen]
10. What is Love [Listen]

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