Featuring skate, punk rock legend Mike Muir is “Kaliforn-Eye-A” a harder track with the former Suicidal Tendencies vocalist lending back-up vocals throughout the up and down song. Not sure how the two joined together to record this track but it was a good idea to do so.
“I’ll Be Ready” was full of reggae musical styles with help from the Marley Sisters. The song is destined to be yet another hit song by POD with chilled out guitars and simple harmonies aligned with sweet beautiful backing vocals.
Perhaps the heaviest track on the album is “God Forbid” featuring musical rock intellect Page Hamilton. The track truly reminded me of Helmet from start to finish, not a bad thing if you adore Helmet like I do.
The Spanish guitar jam “Roman Empire” was a treat to sit back and listen to. The song may have been a little darker than that of the rest of the tracks but had a certain tone to it that was all so alluring. “Tell Me Why” was enjoyable with acoustic guitar. “Rise Against” was more adult contemporary rock but ended the CD on a good note.
Sure there were no immediate tracks on this CD, like “Boom,” to be plastered all over MTV but to me that is a good thing. That means less of a chance for people to grow tired of a good song. POD has impressed me with this comeback album. For a band to be in the top 10 again is an impressive accomplishment especially since there were moments when the band could have given up. When Angels And Serpents Dance is a solid, more mature effort by a band that has already achieved success once and it appears that this time they are not so much looking for victory as much as recovery.
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