Album Review Spotlight

MUDVAYNE
"Lost and Found"
Epic
Mudvayne has proved to be one of the more successful metal bands of the new millennium, racking up gold records for its previous two releases. The band was initially lumped in with Slipknot because of both groups' propensities for wearing costumes and makeup. However, for this go-round, Mudvayne has dropped the makeup and nicknames to prove it can stand on its own without the gimmicks. Guess what? Mudvayne remains standing. In fact, lead single "Happy?" is its highest-charting rock track to date. Unfortunately, while donning a fresh image, the band has made its most generic album yet. Mudvayne is undeniably talented and has a distinguishable sound _ thanks to Chad Gray's vocals and the band's complex rhythms _ but there's little to distinguish "Lost and Found" from past efforts. Lead track "Determined" sounds like a retread of its first hit, "Dig," and short of "Forget to Remember" and the melodic "Fall Into Sleep," the album is, while not terrible, not very memorable, either.