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Plead the Fifth
Rock · 2010 · 11 tracks · 40m

Plead the Fifth

A heavy, rhythmic return to form featuring thick down-tuned riffs and the band's signature dense vocal harmonies. Darker and more aggressive than their mid-career work.

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It's the heavy, riff-heavy Taproot you remember from the early 2000s, but with even more of those haunting vocal harmonies.

A gritty, defiant surge of energy that balances aggressive rhythmic weight with hauntingly melodic vocal layers.

Plead the Fifth · vs · Taproot
Compressed Loud+1.6σ

The production is pushed notably harder into compressed loud than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 40m
01
Now Rise
3:26
02
Game Over
3:29
03
Fractured (Everything I Said Was True)
3:15
04
Release Me
4:33
05
Stolage
3:38
06
911ost
3:07
07
Trophy WiFi
3:49
08
Words Don’t Mean a Thing
3:28
09
Left Behind
3:42
10
No View Is True
3:38
11
Stares
4:11
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jarring rhythmic shift in 'Now Rise' that signals the band's return to a heavier, more aggressive sonic palette.
The layered, haunting vocal harmonies in 'Release Me' that provide a melodic counterpoint to the thick guitar wall.
The driving, syncopated drum pattern opening 'Fractured' that anchors the track's tense, brooding energy.
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