Intense, dynamic, and full of seething rage, Drowning Pool's powerful debut finds ardent (and sometimes screaming) vocalist Dave Williams mining topics ranging from religion ("Sinner") to relationships ("Reminded") to fine effect, creating a nu-metal opus that's rock-solid from start to finish. "Bodies" boasts an irresistible, insinuating growling chorus ("Let the bodies hit the floor"), with the tune's melodic, suspenseful verses providing the perfect buildup for the cathartic chorus. Williams's impressive whisper-to-a-scream delivery in "Tear Away" and the unbridled energy of "Told You So" are also striking. The Texas quartet's post rap-rock heaviness is aggro yet melodic, not to mention believable, credible, and intelligent. Their smart lyrics, chunky rhythms, and punchy production (by Jay Baumgardner of Papa Roach fame) make this music for the Ozzfest generation. --Katherine Turman

Dallas four-piece Drowning Pool set the rock world on fire this summer with their debut album SINNER. Even before the album's release date, the band has been named to perform on the OZZFEST tour, and their "Bodies" video has gone into BUZZWORTHY rotation on MTV.

The album, produced by Jay Baumgardner (Papa Roach, Coal Chamber, Orgy), combines Drowning Pool's serious heaviness with the energy of their live shows. The single "Bodies" is destined to become THE moshpit anthem for the youth of today, and there's a lot more where that came from!

Dallas is a hotbed for killer metal, like the Bay Area is for thrash....and like the Bay Area's own Skinlab and MachineHead these guys are at the top of their craft. If you dig DP...check out their influences like MachineHead and Skinlab, especially Skinlab with their new live CD, SkinnedAlive

this album was awsome but sometimes i wonder was this album the real cause of dave williams death just think about it sinner theirs been alot of singers that name their album like this but diffrent and they died strange world or it was his time to go but sometimes i wonder was it this album but otherwise this album was hot very great like the songs bodies reminded pity and told you so. great album.

i'm only writing this because i was stunned and shocked to see how many people are giving this album 5-star reviews. even the amazon reviewer seems to think this album is fantastic. are you people smoking crack?

this was one of the most overrated metal albums of the past decade. they had a catchy one-hit-wonder with the song "bodies," which got annoying after about five listens. and the rest of the album was crap. uninspired, unoriginal, and boring. but everywhere i go, i still hear people rave about it.

i bought this album when it came out, even though i had never heard any of the songs. i do that all the time, just buy albums i've heard of but never actually heard songs from. i've only been really disappointed once or twice. and to be honest, i listened to this album ten or twenty times to see if it would grow on me. it was passable, mindless rock music, but after a month or two, i just got bored with it. it was shallow, dull, and had no redeeming musical qualities at all. once i realized how completely devoid of talent they were, i got rid of the cd.

gets 2 stars instead of 1, because the songs "sinner" and "bodies" are fairly catchy and i would not be averse to hearing them on the radio once and a while. plus the album cover was kind of neat.

This cd is by far the best cd they came out with. I love every song on this cd.

We- eeelllll...not much to say. Just a stupid one hit wonder band. ''Bodies'' was their one, big time hit. After ''Bodies''...nothing. All that stupid, poser, wannabe hardass song is good for is for stupid, overly cafenated15 year olds to make InuYasha, Elfen Lied, and The Ring AMV's to. And if you don't believe me, go to youtube.
My cousin emails me stuff like that every day. Only idiots who like poser punk, and Elfen Lied (the most failed atempt at gore ever) will love this, and be uploading ''LUCY - LET DA BODIEEZ HIT DA FLOOR!!!'' as fast as this *snaps fingers*