With Statement in 2000, Nonpoint stepped onto a major label and delivered one of the sturdiest nu metal records of its generation. The Florida band leans on the rhythmic delivery of singer Elias Soriano, halfway between chanted vocals and an almost rapped flow, carried by a precise and groovy rhythm section.
What a Day, the obvious single, sums up the album’s appeal, a direct energy with no showing off, effective choruses and anger that is channeled rather than gratuitous. The rest goes the distance thanks to tight writing and a clean production that lets the instruments breathe. Statement does not reinvent the genre, but it offers an honest, nervy and remarkably well played version of it, which explains the band’s longevity.
