11 tracks · 41 min
Murdered Love is the eighth studio album by American alternative metal band P.O.D., released on July 10, 2012 on the Razor & Tie label. The eighth studio album from rap-rock stalwarts P.O.D., 2012's Murdered Love reunites the band with Howard Benson, the producer of the band's biggest album, 2001's Satellite. Once again featuring the lead vocals of Sonny Sandoval, as well as longtime guitarist Marcos Curiel, who rejoined the band for 2008's When Angels and Serpents Dance, Murdered Love is a back-to-basics affair that finds the band re-investigating its initial influences of rap, punk rock, and reggae. When guitarist Curiel returned to the band he co-founded for 2008's When Angels and Serpents Dance, he brought with him some of the more rambunctious and sprawling punk inclinations the band had started out with. In many ways, Murdered Love continues that aesthetic, and finds the band still on a path of rediscovering its roots. Which isn't to say that P.O.D. relinquished their love of punk, rap, and reggae while working with the more metal-leaning guitarist Jason Truby for 2003's Payable on Death and 2006's Testify. On the contrary, Truby's crisp attack and virtuoso style fit well wi…
