Customer Reviews
Excellent live band!! - By: E. Baxendale, 27 May 2008 
Saw them on Saturday night (24th May 08) at the Agincourtin Camberley. Absolutely brilliant sound & stirring performance.
Everything will be allright - By: M. Macgregor, 09 Nov 2007 
The long awaited second album by Skindred is finally here. I was worried that after touring, with Babylon for over three years, the Dred boys would be able to pull off another classic. The fact that Jeff Rose & Ginge left not long after the Babylon was released; record company politics;could have meant a dramatic problem re song writing. The last time I saw them live they did little new material to give us an idea of what the new material was like.
Having said all that, the melting pot of metal, punk & Jamaican danchall is all here. Benji gives us his lilting one second, harsh Ragga/ metal vocals the next. The guitars bass & drums interspersed with the trusty sampler gives us a wonderfully fresh groove.Changing tempos & mood dynamics flow effortlessly.
The song are all extremly catchy while having an inherent power that makes them all the more infectious.The mix of dance & metal/rock is gauranteed to have you jumping about even if your on a bus listening to i-pod!
The Title track Roots rock is a belter followed by Trouble which will hook youin with it's sing along chorus. Ratrace, allright, are all good songs ,in fact I don't think there is one bad song on this album. The more I listen to it the more I getin to it. The doubts that I had wtih song writing over the line up change have been completely dispelled. This fusion of styles is contemporary, exciting & I can't think of a "rock " band at the moment that come close. Horns are on Rude boy for life as well as live strings. The production is clear without losing any of the power. I can't wait to see them live, though they look like they are touringin the U.S. till the end of the year, hopfully next year.
10 seconds left for you to decide... - By: B. Crisp, 05 Nov 2007 whether or not to buy this..?
In general the album is heavier than Babylon, with more lean towards jungle (cause ah riot), & for anyone who doesn't know Skindred, but is a fan of metal, this album is well worth a try.
Skindred fans, this is also good, as the band have resisted the temptation to commercialise, as many bands do, & have indeed 'uncommercialised'.
Take a bow - By: Sween, 30 Oct 2007 Been waiting for it for some time....they've got a little tiny bit tidier & more commercial but there is still plenty there for fans of Babylon & Dub War alike....Cause AH Riot, Spit Out The Poison & Ratrace stand out...
If you want my advice as someonein need of an original metal band - GO GET IT, TURN IT UP LOUD AND WRECK THE PLACE!!!!!!!!
