Papa Roach’s thunderous new album, F.E.A.R., divides the worlds of pop, rock and metal. This 12-track hard rock record manages to be both surprisingly heartfelt, catchy and affirmative, and simultaneously whiney, immature and unimaginative, ultimately falling somewhere in a murky musical middle ground.
To put it simply, F.E.A.R. is too predictable for metal and not predictable enough for pop music, instead propping itself…
