Godsmack

Godsmack explore quiet menace, depressive states, and Allman Brothers-esque percussion with this acoustic album. The Allman thing really works, giving the LP more substance than much of what you hear these days. Although there isn't a single electric guitar, The Other Side remains a metal record to its core.

On this seven-track unplugged album, Godsmack replace their menacing wall-of-sound
guitar crunch with full-bodied acoustic arrangements. At times the meaty sound frames
Sully Erna's deep growl nicely, but the songs will still sound silly to anyone who doesn't
buy into Godsmack's rock-dude melancholia.