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Title: Like any other rock band
Review: Maybe it's just coincidence, but in two major-label recordings produced by Howard Benson P.O.D. has lost its unique musical identity. On Satellite, multi-tracked guitars and vocals plus keyboard treatments suffocate, leaving no room for the band to breathe musically and trapping passionate lyrical material inside passionless, homogenized musical packaging. At their best P.O.D. is a plug-and-play band that incorporates rap, hard-core, funk and reggae into a fresh,interesting and moving sound (see P.O.D.'s "Brown"). However, working with Benson seems to have swallowed that promise and fated them in the worst of ways: they sound like any other hard rock band.
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