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Mudvayne Album: “L.D. 50”
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Release Date:2002-05-20
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Rock, Hard Rock, Metal
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Label:Sony Mid-Price
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:5099750058824
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Review - :
{$Mudvayne} boasts a couple of elements that distinguish it from most contemporary {\heavy metal} outfits. The band adopts bizarre facial makeup that is less suggestive of {$Kiss} than of a bunch of boys who, having failed to plan their Halloween costumes, threw something together by raiding their mother's vanity case. And lead singer {$Kud} (they have funny pseudonyms, too) doesn't always sing in a typical {\hardcore} howl, sometimes descending into a more conventional voice, as if he were auditioning to replace {$Sebastian Bach} in the Broadway production of {+Jekyll & Hyde}. Such characteristics suggest that, for {$Mudvayne}, the {\thrash} style is something of a pose, a suspicion enhanced by reference to the CD booklet, which contains an acknowledgments section as lengthy and gushy as what you'd find on a {\teen pop} album. Can these guys giving thanks and love to family and friends be the same ones performing aggressive lockstep {\metal}, spewing obscenities, and singing about suicide? It seems so, but it's hard to take seriously. (The "L.D." in the album's title refers to "lethal dose," and the "50" refers to a level of toxicity at which 50 out of 100 test animals will die.) [A 'clean' version of the album was released in 2001 as well.] ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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