Album · Released 27 March 2012
Amaryllis
Amaryllis aims its choruses high and usually gets them there. Shinedown's fourth album gives Brent Smith a large, clear setting, with the guitars, strings and backing parts all helping the melodies reach outward. The record has a confident sense of what kind of response it wants. Adrenaline starts with a harder, more immediate attack. The guitar riff gives the song a definite centre, and Smith keeps pace with a forceful performance. Bully is…
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