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As rewarding as it is unpredictable.
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Alternative PressFor better or for worse, Grohl replicates each band's musical style with remarkable accuracy. [Mar 2004, p.98]
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From the opening rally cry of Venom's Cronos ("Centuries of Sin") to the eerie creep of King Diamond's closing "Sweet Dreams," Probot pulls itself up by its pewter bootstraps and shatters glass with undefeatable vocals.
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The set is best taken as a hardcore thrash scrapbook that immortalizes how Grohl spent some of his downtime from Foo Fighters: It has captured the memory and fierce emotion instead of being concerned with structure.
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BlenderUnlike similar records... this has a unity of aesthetic purpose, a competitive wallop, even (kind of) a seriousness. [Mar 2004, p.127]
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This album is proof that his talent extends far beyond grunge and pop-rock and that he can write and play songs in just about any style.
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A full-blooded, affectionate and occasionally very funny album.
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‘Probot’ is the full length dream of a teenage metalhead.
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Not for the weak (or for Foo fans, really), this is some heavy hard-core stuff that's supernaturally superb.
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Entertainment WeeklyHard and heavy, Probot is a first-rate recreation of the soundtrack of Grohl's bong-inhaling youth in all its unrelenting, doomy, gloomy glory. [20 Feb 2004, p.63]
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MojoMost of which 'works', all of which comes thick with a sense of joy and love for the denim and leather. [Mar 2004, p.106]
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The most disappointing aspect of Probot is that many of the songs sound more like Foo Fighters turned to eleven than actual metal.
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His drumming is brilliant, as always, but the melodies leave the singers little to work with, and his guitar riffs sound weak and sludgy, often mired in tuned-down, nu-metal muck.
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Q MagazineIsn't for the meek. [Mar 2004, p.110]
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Rolling StoneThe year's first great metal album. [19 Feb 2004, p.67]
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Musically, this is as solid a hard-rock offering as fans of Motorhead and obscure Swedish crunch fans could ask for. Lyrically, however, Probot is a different story.
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SpinGrohl wrote the riffs, and he hammers like a god, letting his hero singers write the lyrics and man the bellows. [Mar 2004, p.91]
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Not only has Grohl released a fantastic album, he has done a wonderful job giving several aging metal vocalists another fifteen minutes of fame.
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There is a clear passion and enthusiasm in Grohl’s instrumentals and a potency and power in the performance of every singer.
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It's a righteous and wholly legitimate throwback to old-school metal's power and fury.
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There is some entertainment value in Probot. The manufactured praise accompanying Grohl, supplied by a corps of pro fuglemen who lead and escort the illustrious on his vanity venture, is grand.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 22 out of 25
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Mixed: 1 out of 25
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Negative: 2 out of 25
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MikeJApr 15, 2007My favorite Metal Album, it rocks!
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HeinMay 2, 2006
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JCaseMay 6, 2004