*** (out of five)
The Canadian metal band Finger Eleven have been lighting theunderground scene up since 1997 when their debut album "Tip" hitthe stores. They seem to have found something new with their latestrelease "Finger Eleven." They have shifted from the all-metalscreamer-style music to switching things up a bit.
They hit the charts with an uncharacteristic ballad entitled"One Thing," which has a slow tempo and is almost entirelyacoustic, and has the feel of a conventional love song. With lyricslike, "I drew a really thin line, / It's nothing I planned, / Andnot that I can, / But you should be mine, / Across that line."
Their song style seems to shift with the change of each track."Other Light", the opening track, is a reminder of their previousalbums, with the hard drum hits, fast guitar riffs, and strong basshits. Where "Thousand Mile Wish," the sixth track, is nearly allacoustic and has the slow progression and soft tone that mostclassic love songs contain. When "One Thing" comes on after thenu-metal anthem "Therapy" the listener is thrown for a loop. It islike listening to a completely different band.
The changes in style do wonders for this disc, yet I believe thestyle changes are too often and too quick. Maybe a little more ofone or the other would have made this self-titled disc an instantclassic.
As a whole, the disc works on many different levels. It has manyangry metal songs that would fit well on bad days, and many soft,slow ballads that work for the heartbroken. It contains songs forany mood, but unless your mood changes every four minutes you can'treally let it play the whole way through.
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