Mudvayne’s First New Track in 16 Years “Hurt People Hurt People” Sure is a Song You Can Hear
In the early morning hours today, Mudvayne fans waiting 16 years for new music finally got their wish with the unexpected release of their new track “Hurt People Hurt People.” For those folks, this release was a long time coming, but for the rest of us…
Let’s just get the technical stuff outta the way here. The track sounds good, as it should since it was produced by Nick Raskulinecz (Rush, Korn, Alice In Chains, etc.) and mixed by Josh Wilbur (Korn, Megadeth, Gojira, Trivium). It’s their first release under Alchemy Recordings, which also has Staind and Chevelle in their stable. And it’s their first new song since the release of their 2009 self-titled album.
Mudvayne frontamn Chad Gray spoke on the track’s meaning, stating it was all about how you gotta just let shit go after a while.
“I think I wrote this song as a reminder to myself to break the cycle. We create our own suffering, our own hurt. It’s time for us to create self-love and let go of the pain. It was never ours to begin with.”
But to my ears, this doesn’t feel like the Mudvayne people might expect. Maybe you liked it, but if you were hoping a return to the L.D. 50 days, you ain’t getting that. This new song feels like it’s trying to be modern nu-metal, whcih doesn’t really work since you effectively took an insanely proficient and technical band and turned it into an ignorant sounding deathcore band that only knows to chug along on the open E string. Even lyrically, this track is just rudimentary angry shit that a 15 year old would jot on their notebook.
Go listen to “Death Blooms” or “Nothing to Gein” or “Happy?” and then check out the new track below. Night and day, man. Way more interesting and poignant. And sure, 16 years is a long time to expect a band to basically keep their sound 100% in tact, but I’m not sure lapsed fans will latch onto this and I think potential new fans will just keep listening to whatever downtuned deathcore they listen to every day.
Still, I gotta give it to Gray — his vocals sound good. If there’s more new music coming soon, you can at least count on that being good. Here’s hoping the next one will be better.
Starting next month, Mudvayne will be out on tour celebrating 25 years of L.D. 50. You can check that out at any of the dates listed below.
MUDVAYNE’s “L.D. 50 25th Anniversary” tour dates:
Sep. 11 – Dubuque, IA @ Q Casino Back Waters Stage
Sep. 13 – Waukee, IA @ Vibrant Music Hall
Sep. 14 – Chicago, IL @ Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
Sep. 16 – Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom
Sep. 17 – Youngstown, OH @ The Covelli Centre
Sep. 19 – Louisville, KY @ Louder Than Life
Sep. 20 – Chesterfield, MO @ The Factory
Sep. 21 – Omaha, NE @ Steelhouse Omaha
Sep. 23 – Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
Sep. 24 – Albuquerque, NM @ Revel Entertainment Center
Sep. 26 – Las Vegas, NV @ Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort
Sep. 27 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre
Sep. 28 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
Sep. 30 – Portland, OR @ Theater of the Clouds
Oct. 01 – Airway Heights, WA @ Northern Quest Amphitheater
Oct. 03 – Pocatello, ID @ Portneuf Health Trust Amphitheatre
Oct. 05 – Sacramento, CA @ Aftershock
Oct. 07 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union Event Center
Oct. 09 – Tulsa, OK @ The Tulsa Theater
Oct. 11 – Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom
Oct. 12 – San Antonio, TX @ Boeing Center at Tech Port
Oct. 13 – Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center
Oct. 16 – Durant, OK @ Choctaw Grand Theater
Oct. 18 – Nashville, TN @ Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Oct. 19 – Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy
Oct. 21 – Raleigh, NC @ The Red Hat Amphitheater
Oct. 22 – Virginia Beach, VA @ The Dome
Oct. 24 – Montclair, NJ @ The Wellmont Theater
Oct. 25 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
Oct. 26 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
