Godsmack: Godsmack IV
Ted Drozdowski, Boston Phoenix, 4 May 2006
The idea of fall and redemption is thousands of years old, and its laced into the new Godsmack album, where singer Sully Ernas lyrics spin a tale of rock-and-roll excess, its emotional strain, and if not outright salvation, at least the promise of it.
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