Size Matters by Helmet

Size Matters, Helmet's fifth album, came out on Interscope in 2004, their first batch of new songs since the New York band fell apart in a bitter breakup in 1998. Page Hamilton, the one constant in a lineup that never stopped shifting, came back with Chris Traynor on guitar and bass, John Tempesta on drums and Frank Bello on bass, and Charlie Clouser producing. Hamilton still sings and plays like a man trying to punch a hole in the drywall: the riffs are clipped and seasick, the drums hit like pistons, and "See You Dead" is exactly as blunt as its title.

It was also the band's last record for Interscope, the label that had carried them through Meantime, Betty and Aftertaste, and it kicked off a comeback run that carried on with Monochrome.

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