Sounds of Mass (SMP)
Terminal
Listen to Terminal at smphq.com
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Listen to Terminal at smphq.com
What is YBFREE.com about again? Oh, yeah, discovering new talent, enjoying new kinds of music, and letting our readers know what they are missing. Sounds of Mass or SMP definitely fits the category of new talent and they are certainly playing a new type of music. But are you our beloved readers mission anything at all by not listening to SMP? Hell YEAH!
I totally enjoyed this CD and I popped it into my Discman, and went through a heavy workout. This 
music is totally exhilarating! It reminds me of Gravity Kills, and the type of music on the Mortal Kombat soundtrack. You have heard of the hybrid, rap-rock, but what about electro-punk-cyber-rappers? This is SMP.
SMP has just released their third CD entitled Terminal and it is definitely worth a listen to. The music itself has found its way on the MTV's Road Rules. We all know how bad MTV is at using non-mainstream music, so there must be something good about these guys for MTV to give them a try. The CD spans 17 songs, no longer than five minutes each. Titles include, Picutres of You, Mothkiller, Dirt, September, Necron 99, and Mutate. These titles alone should give you a taste of how eclectic this group is.
I can't describe the sound without using the word intense. There is something familiar about this group's sound. The voice has an echo of something I heard in the past and I once again must bring up Gravity Kills, as an example of what this group sounds like. I like Gravity Kills and enjoyed their songs on the Mortal Kombat and Seven soundtracks. Hence, the fact why I like this group as well and plan to continue listening while I work out.
Now, with all those compliments, there surely must be something I have found wrong with this CD. Well, there was one problem I had. I have to admit that many of the songs sound similar to one another. I mean this is one complaint I have about many songs that focus on screaming and hardcore music. Once you listen to the words and feel the music, only the voice sounds, the same, but the message is clearly different. You just have to open yourself up t SMP. Give it a try and I am sure you'll go back for more.