Seether

"Disclaimer"

by Rebecca Clark

Seether’s debut album Disclaimer is pure heavy rock that is radio friendly. Finding those two factors in the same category is simply hard and rare to find, but Seether pulls it off and does it well. The twelve track CD is packed full of intense rock riffs sprinkled with a few slow melodic ballads, giving the album a nice mixture of songs.

On this album it is evident that Seether can get crazy enough to rock your world, but also have a serious side on the album, being more melodic in their songs such as “Broken” and “Sympathetic.” “Broken” has melodic acoustic guitars and beautifully sung lyrics and is more melodic than their first single “fine again,” which put Seether on the Modern rock map with its catchy guitar riffs and lyrics. The verse “And I am aware now of how everything’s gonna be fine one day Too late, I’m in hell I am prepared now, seems everyone’s gonna be fine One day too late, just as well,” echoes through out the whole song telling the listener that everything will be “Fine Again” no matter how hard life can be. “Sympathetic” is another radio friendly track on the album which is similar to “Fine Again,” in having pleasant guitar composition and clean vocals.

Seether also has an aggressive side to their music and this shines through on “Gasoline” and “Needles.” “Gasoline” is the first track on the album and just dives right into vigorous ballsy guitar riffs, immediately catching the ear of a modern rocker looking for heavy rock.“Needles” is another example of Seether’s potent energy, spilling over into the lyrics is powerful emotions that is sensed throughout the whole song. Between the lyrics and the intense emotion in the heavy riffs, “Needles” is a song that is hard hitting and chilling.

Seether is new to the modern rock scene and they are not going to go away. Seether has an appeal to any modern rocker who loves the old school grunge rock like Nirvana and to the rocker who enjoys the melodic rock of creed. Overall Seether’s is a heavy rock band that can get you into a mosh pit frenzy without making your headache.