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0.0 | BornDeadBuriedAlive | December 5th 08 | A solid album, some great tracks, some just good, some fillers. Overall, in my opinion, a decent album.
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1.0 awful | FearThyEvil | December 10th 10 | Very sad to see this band who made the Nu-Metal masterpiece L.D. 50 create such a pathetic and unoriginal album.
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1.5 very poor | XSebbyMcMuffinX | February 28th 22 | I would love to see one of the "5" ratings here explain themselves.
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2.5 average | mrpotatochap | July 20th 20 | Best Songs: Have It Your Way, Dull Boy
Worst Songs: Do What You Do, Never Enough, Scarlet Letters
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1.5 very poor | Blud Vidal | April 13th 20 | As a younger fellow I transitioned directly from Mudvayne's self-titled to the New Game. Suffice to say I haven't listened to Mudvayne since. A tragedy!
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1.5 very poor | Jared Floryan | January 13th 15 | (4/1/18): I recall never liking The New Game upon initial listening, and somehow I despise the record more after trying to give it another shake. Mudvayne's first two albums warranted dubbing the band one of the most fun and innovative nu-metal projects, but the output afterwards is of startlingly lesser quality; though this offering is by far the group's nadir. The then-forthcoming self-titled affair (inconsistent as it can get) is super enjoyable compared to that one's predecessor. A lot of the material comprising The New Game is lazy, derivative, and poorly-written ? three words that the old 'Vayne did well at evading. Most of the time it sounds so generic butt rock that I can feel myself cringing my way to the seedy underbelly. "Fish Out of Water," "Scarlet Letters," and the t/t are worth salvaging, but only barely, as these relatively fine songs are the big exception rather than the rule. Blame Hellyeah? Moar like Hellnah, amirite, lads?! ...Whatever.
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1.5 very poor | 6Dark6Cell6 | January 13th 15 | I cant believe the fall from grace that this band took. They used to be great and then they fell off a musical cliff and were blinded by money and that lack of actual devotion to the craft of music was then forever lost and never regained. shame on them for building a communitiy of diehard fans just to let them all down for about a decade now as it stands...
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1.5 very poor | gravediggerfuneral | August 3rd 11 | "The New Game" is an album that shouldn't exist. Gimmicky only begins to describe the concept of the album, while the tracks themselves have poorly written lyrics, and vocals that are laboriously emoted. The track "Dull Boy" is the only shining point on this one, and that track can be acquired on "By The People, For the People". Even worse, the deluxe edition comes with no extra content (no extra tracks OR DVD). Avoid this one.
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1.0 awful | laterenima | November 13th 09 | This is absolutely horrible compared to LD50.
The drumming requires nothing in this, there are no technical Danny Carey worthy moments on this, the slap bass is almost non-existent, or even when it is there it sucks an ass, and the guitar work has retreated to power chords, repeated structures and overzealous tremelo picking on the E string.
How horrible this is.
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1.5 very poor | soldier0cross | February 11th 09 | I really enjoyed Mudvayne, their first 3 releases kicked alot of ass. I dont understand what happened. They clearly just got lazy or maybe they no longer know what to do with the excellent Nu metal band that once was. First off, the inside booklet of the album is moronic. The so called suspects seems like a terrible way to try to make your band have a dark and messed up image. Poorly done. Especially all the blotted out eyes, and w.e else. It doesn't looks cool it looks dumb.rThe music itself does not seem to be the same mudvayne, its like they tried to go even more radio friendly than Lost and Found and just made their music laughable. Despite Ryan's excellent bass work as always the other members seem to not be even trying anymore. Chad had 3 years, to relax between albums, and his vocals sound terrible. No longer does he have the same anger or rage in his voice it doesn't sound interesting to listen to. The lyrics seem to try to take a political tone (akin to the cover of the album) and to me, dont seem to come across well or make a good point at all.rAll the negatives aside, the album is listenable some tracks are half decent. And thats a small amount
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1.0 awful | firstly | February 3rd 09 | First, from an artistic standpoint, "The New Game" is Awful. It comes on the heels of a live album with cover artwork so offensive that music stores and chain stores were actually afraid to stock it, as it made a mockery of people in general.
To tone down this economically dour trend, Mudvayne came out with the current fare which sports a subtle albeit millitaristic cover. Okay.... Inside cover art breaks from this potentially interesting path, however, as we are treated to an assortment of "suspect" people that one can only characterize as doing quite poorly in life both financially and psychologically. This friends, is a cloaked jab by Mudvayne at the very people whom they call fans, much as was the cover art of "BTPFTP"- the live album.
The music itself has taken uncoventional timing and avenues to ridiculous extremes. Songs like tracks 1 and 6 start off well, but go on to be unlistenable, because they feel unfully developed unlike a song like say, "Death Blooms". As a total work, the best song on the record is the tenth track, which actually can be somewhat touching if you forget about its source and specious history. The entire songwriting is juvenile and horrible. A new album in 6 months?
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3.0 good | gfgfg11 | September 12th 23 |
1.5 very poor | Glovoc | April 12th 23 |
2.5 average | altmjw | October 7th 22 |
3.0 good | Exlex | October 3rd 22 |
1.5 very poor | Jopa26 | August 28th 22 |
2.0 poor | Logan | June 29th 22 |
3.5 great | DType | May 28th 22 |
1.5 very poor | Oatus | May 18th 22 |
3.5 great | Adol | October 22nd 21 |
1.5 very poor | LilPeep | August 19th 21 |
2.5 average | Zakusz | July 2nd 21 |
2.5 average | teo | June 16th 21 |
2.0 poor | Belbew | August 27th 20 |
4.0 excellent | sfoat9 | July 2nd 20 |
3.0 good | Halez | May 5th 20 |
2.5 average | TanMan | January 16th 20 |
3.0 good | josh | June 10th 19 |
2.5 average | bSmith | June 4th 19 |
2.5 average | Roidv | March 17th 19 |
3.0 good | Bog91 | February 8th 19 |
2.0 poor | ryguy | November 8th 18 |
3.0 good | Josh | September 22nd 18 |
2.5 average | heck | August 4th 18 |
3.0 good | gilly | March 13th 18 |
2.0 poor | Aranox | February 23rd 18 |
3.0 good | Noobl | February 13th 18 |
5.0 classic | KaLiga | September 27th 17 |
1.5 very poor | Zergoss | June 19th 17 |
4.0 excellent | NickRF | April 21st 17 |
2.5 average | wtabor | March 15th 17 |
1.5 very poor | acew787 | February 18th 17 |
2.0 poor | Emim | December 12th 16 |
3.0 good | Devius | December 2nd 16 |
2.5 average | tysly | November 21st 16 |
1.5 very poor | Wolfe | November 21st 16 |
2.5 average | acmolan | November 16th 16 |
1.0 awful | xxm | July 15th 16 |
2.5 average | BHAR | February 24th 16 |
3.0 good | PanAle | October 28th 15 |
4.0 excellent | boff | June 12th 15 |
1.0 awful | Adam91 | February 11th 15 |
1.5 very poor | slaps | December 18th 14 |
2.0 poor | Titan | October 25th 14 |
3.0 good | jmh886 | September 11th 14 |
2.0 poor | ngk44 | April 25th 14 |
2.0 poor | rg9 | April 3rd 14 |
1.0 awful | Zuh | February 18th 14 |
2.5 average | Sebe | February 2nd 14 |
1.5 very poor | Mr Snrub | November 20th 13 |
2.5 average | Puckoff | October 29th 13 |
1.0 awful | Simon K. STAFF | October 24th 13 |
3.5 great | Pieo72 | October 14th 13 |
2.0 poor | Smial | September 26th 13 |
1.0 awful | Gnome7 | August 10th 13 |
1.5 very poor | joomisy | August 3rd 13 |
2.5 average | CK | July 26th 13 |
2.5 average | Risein | June 19th 13 |
3.5 great | kbyo | June 12th 13 |
1.0 awful | Bab | June 9th 13 |
2.0 poor | ANJ45 | April 24th 13 |
2.5 average | lerem | March 30th 13 |
2.0 poor | Thor | March 22nd 13 |
1.5 very poor | joseph99 | February 18th 13 |
2.5 average | Tobmast | February 17th 13 |
2.0 poor | chayka | February 2nd 13 |
3.0 good | Xav | December 27th 12 |
1.5 very poor | WTSMG | October 27th 12 |
2.0 poor | VinVal | October 9th 12 |
2.0 poor | Tiwo | June 7th 12 |
3.0 good | paxman | April 14th 12 |
2.5 average | DylanP | April 6th 12 |
2.0 poor | Lalka | April 5th 12 |
3.5 great | CutMan | March 13th 12 |
3.0 good | pbass0 | February 24th 12 |
2.5 average | Maniac! | February 17th 12 |
1.5 very poor | dj2992 | January 24th 12 |
2.5 average | voodman | December 5th 11 |
2.0 poor | 20eyes | November 13th 11 |
2.5 average | Negrido | October 12th 11 |
2.5 average | marco09 | August 27th 11 |
1.0 awful | Gene | August 1st 11 |
1.5 very poor | Dethgod | July 19th 11 |
3.0 good | Trey STAFF | June 29th 11 |
2.5 average | flessj | May 3rd 11 |
2.5 average | Jumaos | April 22nd 11 |
2.5 average | benkim | April 18th 11 |
3.5 great | fraans | April 14th 11 |
2.5 average | Zaltys | March 24th 11 |
1.0 awful | stvnbyd | February 24th 11 |
2.5 average | Jeejee | October 28th 10 |
2.0 poor | MicF | October 12th 10 |
2.5 average | Moses77 | August 22nd 10 |
2.5 average | Naffa | May 4th 10 |
3.0 good | cb123 | April 28th 10 |
3.5 great | shOnA | April 15th 10 |
2.5 average | Acey | March 30th 10 |
3.5 great | 32left | March 18th 10 |
1.5 very poor | thekevs | January 29th 10 |
3.5 great | Kimse | January 12th 10 |
1.0 awful | omb7289 | December 22nd 09 |
1.5 very poor | Inveigh | December 17th 09 |
1.5 very poor | latervol | December 13th 09 |
3.0 good | JWT155 | December 12th 09 |
3.5 great | DalioG | October 27th 09 |
2.5 average | deadsye | October 25th 09 |
1.0 awful | Aesir | October 23rd 09 |
4.5 superb | renny48 | October 14th 09 |
5.0 classic | Rikidio | September 30th 09 |
3.0 good | alsid | September 30th 09 |
1.0 awful | GodFree | September 30th 09 |
1.0 awful | KILL | September 29th 09 |
4.0 excellent | Ironmen | September 29th 09 |
2.5 average | cia | September 26th 09 |
2.0 poor | ckypro3 | September 23rd 09 |
4.0 excellent | Blswylde | September 16th 09 |
4.0 excellent | Awake88 | July 19th 09 |
2.0 poor | Shaad | June 25th 09 |
2.0 poor | Mach | May 31st 09 |
1.5 very poor | shindip | April 9th 09 |
2.0 poor | DaTwig | March 19th 09 |
2.0 poor | CxLTxN | January 29th 09 |
1.5 very poor | Phantom | December 14th 08 |
2.5 average | Bendiik | December 3rd 08 |
1.5 very poor | Bsmith7 | November 30th 08 |
2.5 average | Parkway | November 24th 08 |
1.5 very poor | aerial | November 21st 08 |
3.0 good | greg84 EMERITUS | November 19th 08 |
4.0 excellent | mudtera | November 18th 08 |
5.0 classic | Foxbox | November 18th 08 |
1.5 very poor | soneast | November 18th 08 |
1.5 very poor | bITxHxC | November 18th 08 |
1.5 very poor | Saidir | November 17th 08 |
2.0 poor | Wizard | November 15th 08 |
1.5 very poor | Ghamas | November 14th 08 |
1.5 very poor | Curse. | November 14th 08 |
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