Staind

"The way I am/you'll never change," sings Aaron Lewis on Staind's sixth studio album. He's
not kidding. For nearly a decade, Lewis and his bandmates have been immovable
post-grunge loyalists, fiercely committed to the genre's basics: midtempo songs in minor
keys, sullen vocals and lyrics that distill the message Life Sucks and Then You Die. On The
Illusion of Progress, they team up with producer Johnny K (Disturbed, Drowning... More >