Only Through The Pain…
TRAPT
Warner Brothers
Rating:  2.5 out of 5 stars 

TRAPT’s third album, Only Through The Pain… is very different from their previous two.  The band seems to have adopted a more pop sound, with songs that sound as if they were from the nineties.

The once sounds of angst, and more heavy rock melodies are gone in this album.  Only Through The Pain… has more soft songs than TRAPT’s two previous albums did combined.  While the songs are softer, they still possess lyrics with meaning and of heartache. The difference between the lyrics of Only Through The Pain… and TRAPT’s last two albums, TRAPT and Someone In Control, is they are more mature, surely showing how the band is growing up through their music.

Some of the songs like “Wasteland” and the first single, “Who’s Going Home With You Tonight”, still have some of the post grunge sound TRAPT is known for.  The songs are catchy, but catchy like a pop song.  The sixth track, “Forget About The Rain”, sounds like something straight out of the nineties with its upbeat, angelic melody.

There is nothing wrong when a band changes their sound, as long as it somewhat resembles their old sound.  TRAPT’s latest does not even do that.  It is a completely different sound than loyal TRAPT fans, like myself, are used to. They may find it hard to keep fans if they keep putting out music like this, but TRAPT will gain new fans who enjoy the new pop sound they have acquired.