The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1)

Limp Bizkit’s first three albums Three Dollar Bill, Yalls (1997), Significant Other (1999) and Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000) were a lot of fun. They were one of the best bands of the nu-metal genre, and cranked out heavy songs, with good hooks, and sing-along-choruses. After reaching their plateau with Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water, the Limp Bizkit Empire started to crumble. Guitarist Wes Borland, not only the most creative member of the band and their biggest talent, but also their guiding force, left the band. Then after hooking up with guitarist Mike Smith, the band released the horrific Results May Vary album. Although it went platinum, it was almost universally panned by both critics and all, but the most hard-core of fans.

Now Limp Bizkit is back with their fifth album The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) which is a surprisingly good effort. In fact, the smartest move squirrel-voiced frontman Fred Durst has made in years was convincing erstwhile guitarist Wes Borland to rejoin the band for this set. Borland's shuddering riffs and blast-furnace licks were sorely missed on 2003's woefully inept Results May Vary, and are indisputably the best part of The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1), a half-hour mini-album that is presumably the start of some sort of concept disc. Granted, The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) is Durst and Limp Bizkit's best work in ages and a strong comeback for the band. This album contains some of their finest, most catchy collection of songs to date and it's mostly fast and furious. The ending ballad, The Surrender is one of the best, most honest songs they've ever written. These songs sound less fun, more urgent, and darker than their previous releases. The band has both returned to their roots, and also matured. They are more serious, but without sounding preachy or pretentious, grown up, but without forgetting what made Limp Bizkit what they are.

On The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) Fred Durst steps outside himself and his trivial self-pitying problems, and actually has something to say. He takes on issues like morality, the church, Hollywood, etc. The heyday of Limp Bizkit is long over, but this CD is definitely a respectable comeback. This album has received almost no hype, which is a good thing. A small-scale CD with a strong collection of songs is just what the band needs. If you've always liked Limp Bizkit, you will doubtlessly like these songs. Also the Rage Against the Machine influence is clearly evident here. That’s why we strongly recommend this album to Rage Against the Machine fans who have been longing for a new album in the past five years.