Like it or not, the term and style nu-metal is dying out slowly but surely. With the last album by Deftones giving the genre a last push, it’ll become harder for these kinds of bands to get any airplay at all, let alone gain an audience. Nu-metal will become extinct and bands will need to grow up and change their sound.

One of these bands is Fallen To. This band has been receiving some airplay in Europe recently with their single “No Allies”. But their sound is still very much in the nu-metal genre. Mix Deftones, Korn and some Taproot together and you’ll have Fallen To.

A couple of weeks ago, their latest full length album entitled The Mark ended up in my hands. Pleasantly surprised that maybe there was some hope for nu-metal, I threw the disc in the CD-player and started my first experience with Fallen To.

The Mark starts off with the band’s latest single “No Allies” that simply sounds like everything nu-metal is and was. A catchy guitar intro, grooving bass, emotional lyrics and vocals, and drums that are heavy, but not too heavy to label it anything near real metal. The next track doesn’t bring any diversity to the band’s music and maintains a sure and steady pace.

But all of a sudden the aggressive “Kill The Bitch” (can we be any more blunt?) comes kicking in. At first, the track is catchy and makes your head bop, but the lyrics are so horribly unoriginal and just plain simple that the track falls as fast as it stands up in the very beginning. After this, it’s all the same thing over and over again. Within 6 tracks, the repetitive style of Fallen To becomes highly annoying and boring. Sure, it grooves and it’s heavy in a way, but the band fails to bring any diversity into their own musical style. And that’s a real shame.

Fallen To could be a great nu-metal band, but for now it’s just too repetitive to be anywhere near interesting. Some tracks are great, but most of them are skip-worthy. The only thing they could really come back with is the clear production and the cover artwork that keeps The Mark somewhat interesting the first time. If you’re a huge fan of nu-metal, I suggest you get this record, but most of you should try to avoid it as much as possible.