 
Any day now Papa Roach are due to drop their brand
new eighth studio album ‘F.E.A.R’,
the album has been in the works for well over
a year now and after listening to the album a
few times over I can confirm that Papa Roach have
put so much into the album as it features 12 solid
tracks, is extremely heavy for the majority of
the running and also features a bit of rapping
just like back in the early days of Papa Roach
and not to forget a couple of special guest vocalists
with In This Moments Maria Brink helping make
‘Gravity’ shine as one of the best
tracks on the album.
The album opens with ‘face Everything And
Rise’, a song which was released as a digital
single back in November 2014 and it really opens
the album in a solid way setting the pace for
the rest of the album with its huge guitar riffs
and explosive chorus which will have you singing-a-long
word for word with Jacoby Shaddix.
‘Skeletons’ is a slower song than
that of the opening song of the album yet when
the chorus kicks in it has that kick arse Papa
Roach feel that the band have been unleashing
on their audience for the best part of twenty
years now especially when Jacoby Shaddix shouts
out “We all have our skeletons” over
and over again.
‘Broken As Me’ is quite a technical
song where the band really come together and unleash
some damn right fantastic instrumental work but
once again it is the vocals of Jacoby Shaddix
which are seriously at their best throughout the
whole of this album which brings the song to life
full of emotion and passion and he screams his
heart out.
‘Falling Apart’ opens with Jacoby
Shaddix singing “I’ll follow you out
of the dark, I tried my way but I keep falling
apart” and seconds later Jerry Horton comes
in with some big yet dark sounding guitar riffs,
as the song progresses it goes through various
build ups and break downs and generally shines
ever so well.
The introduction to ‘Love Me Till It Hurts’
is one of the best introductions featured on the
album where Jerry Horton, Tobin Esperance and
Tony Palermo all shine in their own individual
way, musically things are quite laid back and
lyrically things are quite personal and close
to the heart of Jacoby Shaddix as he sings out
“Will you love me till it hurts, Never leave
me at my worst, break this cycle, break this curse,
love me till it hurts”, and not to forget
the gang vocals of “Love me till it hurts,
love me till it hurts, love me till it hurts”.
‘Never Have To Say Goodbye’ is a big
emotionally charged song it also happens to be
the most melodic song on the album with such a
massive sing-a-long chorus and the song is bound
to become a regular feature in future Papa Roach
songs as it is the kind of song that you can sing
your heart out to whilst taking that much needed
break from the mosh pit.
‘Gravity’ is easily my favourite track
on the album as Jacoby Shaddix opens the song
with some impressive rapping with dark soundscapes
playing out in the background, when the melodic
chorus kicks in the song has a slight Linkin Park
feel about it and then suddenly In This Moments
Maria Brink comes in and let’s off a lot
of anger with her impressive fast flowing vocals
and they work really well alongside those of Jacoby
Shaddix as the guitars and drums build in power
and volume as the song progresses.
There are no weak moments on ‘F.E.A.R’
at all, in fact the more you listen to the album
the more you will fall in love with it and the
more you will change your mind on what your favourite
track is for example ‘War Over Me’
is rocking ,‘Devil’ is a beautiful
sing-a-long number, ‘Warriors’ has
a mix of everything opening up sounding like something
you would expect from Pendulum or The Prodigy
mixed with the usual rocking sound of Papa Roach
and not to forget an impressive solo from rapper
Royce D.
The album comes to a close with the ever so speedy
‘Fear Hate Love’ a song which is so
hard hitting and in your face that you will find
yourself skipping back to the song time and time
again instead of allowing the album come to a
close.
Ever since Papa Roach released 2002’s ‘Lovehatetragedy’
an album which got panned by the critics and nearly
saw the downfall of the band, Papa Roach have
worked their socks off and made sure that each
and every album release since has been kick arse
and I truly believe that ‘F.E.A.R’
is the strongest album Papa Roach have released
in years.
5/5
Review by Trigger
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