Though that may be the case, the generic feel overwhelms this album. Its edges are few and far between, while the grooves are deep and powerful, but never last long enough to really keep your interest. Songs like "Hell," "Sacrifice," and "Stand By" all have a what it takes to make a good song -- lots of energy, fuel, momentum, and desire -- but the band can't bring them to life and fully utilize them for the songs' benefit. "Stand By," a melodic hard rocker, was one of the few tracks on this disc that really grabbed me and made me take notice. The rest of them flew by in typical mediocre modern rock fashion.

Another major label story where the label saw something they felt they could mass produce, snatched them up, and the outcome was a glossy, short-of-edges rock record that is about as dangerous or intimidating as an old woman. I'll give it a D+.

Double Eclipse: Have It Your Way

Doug Gillard: Salamander

[Issue Twenty-Four // October 1999]