Incubus

The storming first single "Megalomaniac" leads off this worthy follow-up to 2001's platinum Morning View. The band seems to be developing its metal/funk/alt hybrid into a more saleable version of Faith No More. The songs defy nu-metal convention; instead they create something more schizophrenic and satisfying.

Incubus' fifth album opens with Brandon Boyd shouting at the pop stars on his TV, radio and
computer screen: "Hey, megalomaniac! You're no Jesus! You're no fucking Elvis! You're
no answer!" The rest of the disc finds him suffering from similar media overload and spitting
out apocalyptic images over the band's lean grooves, swaggering riffs, skittering leads and
Technicolor atmospheres. "Quit blowing each other up," he sagely commands us... More >