Dysfunction

Album · Released 13 April 1999

Dysfunction

Staind

Mudshovel begins with a bass line that does more than introduce a riff. It gives Dysfunction a recognisable movement, leaving the heavier guitar entrance somewhere definite to land. Staind are most effective here when the instruments create that kind of pressure before Aaron Lewis releases it. The 1999 album is considerably harsher than the acoustic ballads often associated with the band. Suffocate opens with a heavy guitar figure, then pulls…

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