The Reprise/Intoxication Records debut from Canadian hard rockers Art of Dying manages to fuse classic rock, retro-'80s hair metal, and 21st century post-grunge into a palatable cocktail, but Vices and Virtues never sinks its hooks in deep enough to draw anything out but a trickle of red. Produced by Howard Benson (Daughtry, Three Days Grace, Creed), the Vancouver quintet shows promise on arena-sized, radio-ready crushers like "†Die Trying" and "You Don†t Know Me" which fall somewhere in between Godsmack and Nickelback, as well as the slow-burn, midtempo "Sorry" which shows off the band†s excellent three-part harmonies.
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TRACK LISTINGS
1 Die Trying 3:49
2 Get Thru This 2:42
3 Sorry 4:25
4 Whole World's Crazy 3:44
5 Completely 3:22
6 I Will Be There 3:50
7 You Don't Know Me 3:05
8 Raining 3:56
9 Best I Can 5:03
10 Straight Across My Mind 4:20
11 Breathe Again 4:11
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