Creed Album Review
Creed – Full Circle
Album review by Brendan Monteiro
After a break up that saw Scott Stapp pursue a solo career and the remaining members of Creed forming Alter Bridge it was rather suprising to hear the news of a Creed rebirth, especially after both sides had claimed that Creed was a thing of the past. Full Circle is the title for Creed’s unexpected fourth album and the title is rather representative of the cycle that the band has journeyed upon. A lot of critics will call this whole “reunion” a cash in but there is a difference here when compared to other reunion’s. The fact is that majority of reunions are merely just show’s which can evidentially be seen as cash in’s, but Creed had already finished the album before any tours had even commenced. No one can ever be sure but I take this as a sign that the members of Creed are hungry for that energy and connection they had before with their fans and are eager to deliver something worthwhile listening to.
With their being such a gap in albums I had to drag myself through their catalogue to get myself prepared for Full Circle. Opening track Overcome has all the raging torment and anguish of Stapp’s voice and sees the singer more ravenous than ever. His lyrics are a glimpse into a man that has been all the way down and has dragged himself back. Tremonti’s guitars shatter behind from hard rupturing blasts into melodic burst of mastery. Overcome is the first single and a guaranteed crowd favourite when they bring their world tour to England’s shores next year. Bread Of Shame shades a darker tone than I have ever heard on previous recordings, and maybe that is why it feels the strangest on the record. A thousand Faces has Tremonti’s signature sound painted all over it, there is just something in the clean tones that he gets out of his guitar that is sort of enchanting in a way. All in all there are some great songs on this album like Suddenly, the second single Rain and Fear. There is a certain raw and edgy feel to majority of the album with enough of their recognizable to entertain both old and new fans alike, at the end of the 50 minutes you sort of forget they ever even broke up.
