From Zero might've missed getting a #1 on the Billboard Top 200, but that doesn't mean that the album skips out on making history. For the first time in the history of the Billboard Hot Hard Rock Songs, all of the songs on the new album (excluding the From Zero (Intro)) have managed to make it in to the top ten on the list. Billboard goes into more info about the history making album in this article on their website: What do you think of this historic moment? Come and discuss over on our forum. Source: Billboard via @minusxerø
So deserved. The quality on this album is remarkably consistent. Everything about it, and the new cycle they set in motion around it, has been a masterclass in revival.
Someone needs to make a remix of "From Zero (Intro)" sampling the chord loop and then the spoken dialogue as granular synths. Call it "From From Zero (Intro)".
Intro from From Zero From from (intro). It’s a loop, which is a zero. Now, seriously. What a momentum they have. What a comeback. I need to stress out not just the fact that they recomposed, rearranged and returned, not even they did it in cahoots in the dark, but the immense quality of the music they have delivered. The arrangements, the melodies, the mixing, the lyrics. Masterful.
Really awesome performance! There is two sides to this. On the one end, it's really damn cool. On the other end, it's telling of the charting power of (hard) rock music in current times. For that alone, From Zero performance is all the more impressive. When is the last time a rock song as aggressive as TEM had such a massive success in the charts? Some rock and metal purists may hate LP all they want ("manufactured", "commercial", etc.), but LP is back at a position where they could serve as a gateaway to heavier music genres that get less visibility in the mainstream. Just as they were back then.
I never felt they were manufactured, that's a thought from someone (the so-called "purist") (btw who gave them that badge? who's to claim "I'm the one who says which Rock rocks and which doesn't"?) who sees success and global acclaim with suspicion. (sometimes it is, and sometimes not. That cynical position about culture gets me mad).
It's just a label that has been with them from the start, and that I unfortunately still see nowadays. Probably has to do with the pop appeal of LP, with lots of their songs following a standard formula, with their instrumentation being relatively simple, etc. And of course, with LP being signed to a huge label, with lots of promotion surrounding their work. I think one thing that's true is that LP music has the quality to reach a lot of people. And to a certain extent, they have sometimes written songs in order for them to be "singles" (WID being the prime example). But making your music accessible is not a bad thing. In the end, isn't it the purpose if your music connects with lot of people, and make them feel different emotions? I think the "manufactured" label is a very cynical and "music snob" way to look at it. Not everything has to be overly "artsy" and hard to approach. Fun and simple is good too.
#JusticeForFromZeroIntro Yeah, they're putting metal and hardcore punk elements into the music more brazenly now than ever before too
Amen to both, I guess that is a thing of personality or even a 'Not true scotsman fallacy' thing, like: "I love Black Sabbath, if this is not as Black Sabbath, is not good".
The fact that Top 40 Pop fanatics can also appreciate and bounce to a song like "Faint" is commendable of the band's ability to bridge gaps in music. Honestly, I think a lot of the vitriol stems from jealousy. Yeah, I'd want my favourite super underground hardcore band to sell 30 million records on their first kick of the can too.