CHEVELLE — Vena Sera (review)

CHEVELLE — Vena Sera album cover Album · 2007 · Alternative Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
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Vena Sera is the fourth studio album from alternative metal band Chevelle.

Three years after the release of This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us in), Chevelle came back with another studio album. However, this album is usually forgotten about, even among Chevelle fans. Is it forgotten for good reason, or is it a hidden gem? I'd say it's the former unfortunately.

This is one of those albums that isn't bad, but it isn't much good either. There are a few bad songs, which are interestingly the singles. "Well Enough Alone", "The Fad", and "I Get It" are all pretty awful. They follow a semi-whiny bland alternative rock sound that the band usually avoids. Despite those songs and the smorgasbord of boring songs, there are some winners here. The album does start of really well with "Antisaint", which is the best on the album, with rumbling bass, deep guitar crunch, great vocals. It is, in other words, classic Chevelle. "Straight Jacket Fashion" is the one song from this album that seems to be a fan-favorite, and I can hear why. Not the best on the album, but pretty good. "Humanoid", while one of the better songs, has a riff that sounds a bit too similar to the groovy main riff in Ozzy Osbourne's "Perry Mason".

There's not much else to say here, if you're wanting to hear Chevelle's whole discography, save this one for last. Otherwise, just skip this one and listen to Sci-Fi Crimes and what follows instead. No wonder it's often forgotten, it's almost completely unremarkable.

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