Godsmack – Awake (2000/2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Godsmack – Awake (2000/2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 45:22 minutes | 1005 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Records

Finally, Godsmack’s sophomore smash album Awake has arrived in high-res digital formats! Following their multi-platinum self-titled debut, Godsmack returned with an album that exceeded fans’ expectations. Including the rock radio hits “Bad Magick,” “Awake,” and “Greed”.

The band opted to convert a warehouse in Haverhill, Massachusetts into a makeshift studio, rather than use a more traditional studio setting. According to Sully Erna, the band just did not want to move into any luxurious studio, because they wanted to keep the edge on for writing and “not get too far away from what we’re all about”. So they just stayed in the slums rather than moving into luxury.

Erna says the results show in the music’s “tougher” sound; “however, it has a very raw edge to it. It’s not very polished,” he says. “But it still has a lot of good grooves, and it still has a lot of power.”

Godsmack recorded its self-titled debut for 1,500 dollars and served up a triple-platinum helping of meaty, cleverly written, pure metal. The tribal “Voodoo” was one of 2000’s best singles. The first three songs of the group’s sophomore effort, Awake — “Sick of Life,” “Awake,” and “Greed” — blend together unanimously into a swirl of Tony Rambola’s jackhammer guitar riffs. It’s the deeper cuts that are the standout tracks. The dirgy, slow groove in “Mistakes” is hook laden. One common thread between Godsmack and Awake is lead singer Sully Erna’s angst-ridden lyrics. “Oh God, I’m makin’ the same mistakes,” he cries in “Mistakes,” as Rambola’s guitars encircle him. Drummer Tommy Stewart, on “Trippin’,” aptly pronounces Erna’s anger in “Face down/I walk away/Every time I think I do the right thing/You turn your back on me.” – Christina Fuoco

Tracklist:
1-1. Godsmack – Sick Of Life (03:51)
1-2. Godsmack – Awake (05:04)
1-3. Godsmack – Greed (03:28)
1-4. Godsmack – Bad Magick (04:15)
1-5. Godsmack – Goin’ Down (03:21)
1-6. Godsmack – Mistakes (05:53)
1-7. Godsmack – Trippin’ (05:00)
1-8. Godsmack – Forgive Me (04:18)
1-9. Godsmack – Vampires (03:45)
1-10. Godsmack – The Journey (00:49)
1-11. Godsmack – Spiral (05:32)

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