Good God! This album is truly amazing! Possibly the greatest album in my collection. It is this because it is so different to other nu-metal, which is completely bland and monotonous. This album has so many subtle undertones and is both a musical and lyrical triumph. Every genre seems to have an allstar band of simply fantastic musicians. First there were The Who and Cream, and examples around today include the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Muse, Tool and, of course, MuDvAyNe. This album boasts fantastic singing with sudden changes from defeaning screams to soft singing (see the beginning of Cradle and in Prod), awesome guitar playing (the opening of Know Forever), superb bass playing (the whole way through - Ryknow comes amazingly close to Flea in skill!) and truly amazing drumming possibly not seen since the time of The Who. So, this album simply oozes fantastic songwriting and musicianship, but surprisingly for a nu-metal band, the lyrics are genius - see Internal Primates Forever, Cradle and Nothing to Gein. In my opinion the best songs are Cradle (about Kud being abused as a child), Nothing to Gein (about the serial killer Ed Gein) and Prod (about the human race's worrying downward spiral in morals and the like). There are many other wonderful songs such as Death Blooms, -1 and Severed but these tracks stand out. If you like this album I really suggest that you see this band live as they are fantastic - shown by their performance at Ozzfest UK. If you dont like this album then no-one can save you.