• Band Name: Mudvayne
  • Record Label: Epic
  • Release Date: Jan 19, 2002
Metascore
48 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. The newly user-friendly music means someone other than 12-year-old boys might actually listen to them. [29 Nov 2002, p.106]
  2. While the group attacks things with great velocity and singer Chud shreds his larynx at regular intervals, the always difficult follow-up album features actual melodies and mature textures that make the band's eventual transformation into a progressive rock band nearly inevitable.
  3. The musicians still churn out standard-issue heavy metal thrash à la Metallica to support Chüd's nihilistic pronouncements, usually sung in an enraged howl.
  4. 40
    The End is rather ordinary--severe, belligerent riffs and vocals that sound as though singer Chud gargles molten lava. [#12, p.148]
  5. Enjoy the band's extraterrestrial makeover; it's far more amusing than the music.
  6. 30
    No. [Jan 2003, p.99]
User Score

Universal acclaim- based on 112 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 77 out of 81
  2. Negative: 3 out of 81
  1. CarlosP
    0
    Emo angst ridden shite. Cheer up kids.
  2. What to say except this is DA **** Awesome vocals, awesome guitars, awesome bass, awesome drums, just peer metal from an all original nu metal group.
  3. PatrikD.
    10
    sad to find out the reviewers hate Mudvayne and rank this as 55th worst reviewed album on here. This is a great album it deserves full score 90% at least. The people who put down this album have no idea about the style this band is playing, dont listen do them. Full Review »