Through the Eyes by Flaw

Through the Eyes, Flaw's first major-label album, came out on October 30, 2001, through Universal, Uptown and Republic, a long way from the rough independent tapes the Louisville, Kentucky band had been making since guitarist Jason Daunt put an ad out for a second guitarist and got singer Chris Volz instead. Republic and Universal signed them in 2000, and early the next year they went into Sound City in Los Angeles with producer David Bottrill.

What came out is nu metal with a raw nerve exposed. The riffs grind and Volz swings between melodic singing and outright screaming, digging into his own childhood and teenage years: his adoptive mother's suicide, his rebellious streak and a relationship with his father that had once been in bad shape. "Payback" and "Whole" went out as singles with videos, and the record topped the Top Heatseekers chart on its way to more than 150,000 copies sold.

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