CELLOUT – Superstar Prototype
- by Matt Coe
- Posted on 09-08-2011
Label:
Nuerra Records
Rating:
3 / 6
Listening to the 11 songs on “Superstar Prototype” almost made me do a double take with my ears. The radio-friendly melodies, quick hitting riffs and ‘don’t bore us, get to the hook chorus’ ethos seem more American than Swedish from this quartet. CellOut appear to adore the catalogs of Sevendust, Linkin Park and their derivatives, replicating the techno driven rhythms with melodic singing and well placed screams in all the right places. Corporate entities will go footloose over “As I Fall” and “Darker Days” – but the astute metal intellect will see this as an insincere attempt to ride the trend of the moment.