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Rock
Release Date: 09/12/2006
On their third release overall, 2006's
Redeemer, the Atlanta
metal quintet
Norma Jean hook up with
Korn/
Limp Bizkit producer
Ross Robinson, and the results are just what you'd expect. With the right amount of angst, rubbery riffs, and brief detours into tranquil bits, all of
Robinson's trademarks are present. And truth be told, the "
Robinson approach" seems to work well for the group, as singer
Cory Brandan seems to live to scream his head off, and guitarists
Chris Day and
Scottie Henry can't wait to detune their guitars to "
death metal D" (or is it C?). Burning anger is the name of the game here, as heard on (or more fittingly, assaulted by) the likes of
"A Grand Scene for a Color Film" and
"A Small Spark vs. a Great Forest." But
Norma Jean have a surprise or two up their sleeve, as they trod oh so gently upon
prog metal territory on
"Songs Sound Much Sadder." Some may argue that the tunes on
Redeemer sound akin to the majority of the bands spotted on your average episode of
Headbanger's Ball. Yet
Norma Jean manage to add a conviction to their performances that appears to be lost in the shuffle by some similarly styled bands.
~Greg Prato, All Music Guide
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