With their 4th album Supercharger these guys from Oakland are taking a little step back. Instead of drifting further into the nu metal direction and engage a lot of rap vocals as on The Burning Red, they finally hit on more heavyness again. Make no mistake about it: The good old Burn My Eyes - times are definitely over, and so they don't even try to do something similar. The guys around Rob Flynn rather seem to have held the Supercharger - rehearsals in some fucked-up garage, because the album sounds quite spontaneous with a distinctive Punk'n'Roll touch. The guitars sound fat and dirty (like the production as a whole), but a lot more groove-oriented without neglecting their characteristic overtones and flageoletts. Still it cannot be denied that most of the material seems to be cut out for MTV and the billboard charts. There are lots of parts for hopping around (yuk!) and the vocals sound cleaner and more controlled, with the effect that to my mind they miss the intended emotional effect quite often. Moreover there are some straight rock-songs for all the dusky dance places all over the world. That means there are only few songs that stand out although Supercharger contains 14 songs. First of all the opener Bulldozer creates a good pressure in your stomach with really heavy riffs towards the end. Only The Names and Blank Generation oscillate between all the facettes of fragile rage. Last but not least there are the cool and boldy played ass-kicking American High and the uncompromising and nervous titletrack. That may not sound half bad, but considering the technical abilities of this band and there own high demands this is too little in my opinion. Or were my demands too high (again)? Be it as it may, I cannot give more than 7 points...