  
Nonpoint have been a name well know on the nu-metal
scene since 1997 and in that time they have released
7 studio albums and are now gearing up to release
their 8th studio album ‘The Return’
which is due for release on Metal Blade Records
on Monday and it seems that with ‘The Return’
they are back with their strongest album release
in years.
The album opens with the catchy ‘Pins And
Needles’ the song comes in with a massive
bouncy fashion and the bouncy feel of the song
flows for the 4minute duration of the song and
it seems that Nonpoint have put everything into
the song as the drum beats from Rob Rivera are
outstanding whilst the guitar riffs from Rasheed
Thomas and B.C Kochmit are also pretty special,
vocally Elias Soriano takes quite an gritty approach
apart from on the odd occasion where things get
slightly melodic, as mentioned above the instrumental
work is fantastic and even more so towards the
later part of the song when the whole band jam
out for a solid 30seconds or more.
‘Breaking Skin’ opens up sounding
bigger and better than the opening song and as
it progresses it becomes pretty damn epic as the
band go down the melodic rock route as they have
created a track which is not only big and catchy
with massive radio friendly feel, but they have
created a track with last ability and I can see
many people re-visiting this song again and again.
‘Razors’ is another heavy meets melodic
slice of Nonpoint goodness and that’s what
has made ‘The Return’ such a solid
album as Nonpoint have managed to perfectly write
and records 13 outstanding tracks as the likes
of ‘Misery’ and ‘The Return’,
‘Forcing Hands’ kick serious ass,
whilst ‘Never Ending Hole’ easily
becomes the most assessable song on the album
and shines from start to finish with its excellent
instrumental work from each and every band member
and not to forget Elias Soriano’s super
fast melodic vocals. ‘F**K’D’
see’s the band going all out on an explicit
rant about what a fucked up world we live in and
pretty much everyone in the world can relate to
the lyrics as Elias Soriano sings about everything
being fucked up.
I feel that over the years people have gave Nonpoint
a bad ride and criticised them too much because
of their nu-metal sounds which they have managed
to maintain through their whole career, however
after listening to ‘The Return’ relentlessly
I can confirm that it is one of the best metal
albums I have heard in a long time and kudos goes
out to each and every band member as they all
shine in their own way but extra kudos goes out
to Robb Rivera who does a splendid job of beating
the fuck out of his drum kit and making ‘The
Return’ rock that little bit more.
4.5/5
Review by Trigger
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