A Cruel World by bloodsimple

A Cruel World, the debut album from New York heavy metal band bloodsimple, came out on March 29, 2005, and it was a long time coming. The band, formed in 2002 under the name Fix 8, brought together former Vision of Disorder singer Tim Williams, bassist Kyle Sanders and drummer Chris Hamilton, and signed through Bullygoat Records, the imprint started by Mudvayne's Chad Gray.

Garth Richardson produced it in Vancouver, and he had the pedigree for the job, with Rage Against the Machine, Slipknot, Chevelle and Trapt already on his résumé. The band said he got what they were after and never tried to sand it down. The whole thing took about three years; the writing dragged on before they ever got to the studio, where they worked for three and a half months, and when the first mix came back flat they had Mike Fraser redo it. The result is a slab of nu metal, groove and metalcore aggression, and "What If I Lost It" hits like a fist through drywall.

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