U.P.O. – No Pleasantries

Artist: U.P.O.

Title: No Pleasantries

Label: Epic

Rating: 4/10

U.P.O. mixes together a potent concoction of metal and melody, including two parts Soundgarden, one part Stone Temple Pilots, and a pinch of Godsmack. “Circle Of Life” jumps out as a dutiful single. “Godless” wipes away the cobwebs. “Shame” finds the band rocking while the vocals run with the same annoying style.

What at first sounds fun ends bored and tired. I heard these songs a hundred times before U.P.O. ever put them on an album.

+ rae gun