P.O.D. - Testify
Tuesday, February 28th, 2006P.O.D. return from their 2003 success of Payable on Death with Testify which takes the band in a slightly different direction than their previous album but perhaps slightly reminiscent of Satellite. That said it still has strong connections with Payable, Roots in Stereo and Execute the Sounds have a very similar sound.
One of the downsides to P.O.D. is that they like to push their Christian views through their music but it’s easy enough to look beyond this. Testify seems to take them in two directions at once, slightly more towards rap route than their previous sounds but at the same time solidifies themselves in the rock/metal genre area.
It’s a more mature album than their previous works in many ways, the guitar work is more developed and the whole sound is deeper and more full. This is contrasted well with up and down beat sections in the songs which although is a slightly more formulaic approach sounds good enough that, that fact can be ignored.
The album is not without faults - not for anything specific, it’s just some of the songs are just not that good. They aren’t bad a stand-alones but they seem to lack P.O.D.’s unique rock-funk hybrid sound that give the band it’s edge.
On initial impression it might not capture you as Payable did but it doesn’t take long to really get into the album and appreciate it’s own unique talents. P.O.D. have delivered a worthy sequel to their previous work.
