Here's a real gem. The third album from Project 86 exceeds all expectations. To be honest, I wasn't sure it was going to be. Their debut was one of my favorite discs of the year 1998. The follow-up, Drawing Black Lines, didn't satisfy me though. Yet Truthless Heroes is ten times better. The production (Matt Hyde) is excellent. Each song is a pleasure to listen to. From the harsh, thrashy S.M.C. to the catchy Hollow Again, this material's great! The instrument playing is better than ever. Just listen to the haunting guitar in Another Boredom Movement or the subtle keyboard arrangement in Last Meal. This last song also features the singing of Mark Salomon (Stavesacre). Musically Project 86 mixes postcore, nu metal and rapcore. It's much heavier than POD. Another song worth mentioning is Your Heroes Are Dead which can be screamed along quite easily. I'm sure such a song will do great live. Also of interest is the enhanced part of the CD containing a documentary about the band and this album. Without doubt this disc is in my personal top three of 2002.
Other coverage for this album
The Phantom Tollbooth 2003Reviewed by Mark ReidHere we are in the 21st century and it seems rock is everywhere. Rock bands are multiplying and pouring out of every available musical outlet. Some might say it's a bit of overkill, but that's just some. Out of this abundance of noise comes the latest Project 86, and to these ears, each successive album has been an improvement. Truthless Heroes was released at the end of 2002, and without doubt…Decapolis December 2002Reviewed by Nate BaileyProject 86 is from California and has released several albums with Tooth and Nail. They feature ex-members from Innermeans and have recently released "Truthless Heroes." Having moved away from their early rap-core roots, Project 86 is back with a lengthy 17-track album of hard-edged melodic rock. While being fairly standard for this type of music it's not without its catchy moments. "Salem's…HM Magazine #98Reviewed by Doug Van PeltThis album will stretch but probably please most of the band's fans. Ditching the rap/rock stylings that gave them a foothold, P86 seems to have taken the lessons in songwriting melodies that have benefited their peers in Stavesacre and P.O.D. and crafted some memorable and punching hooks that stay in your head longer than the somewhat brutish riffs of Drawing Black Lines. Another surprise is…The Phantom Tollbooth 2002Reviewed by Vik BansalBack in 2000 the future was looking rosy for Project 86. Their major label debut, Drawing Black Lines, aptly produced by GGGarth, the producer of Rage Against The Machine's seminal debut album, had just been released to critical acclaim, and they were touring the US as part of a dream line-up with P.O.D. and Linkin Park. In the intervening two years, however, Project 86 have had to watch P.O.D.…The Phantom Tollbooth 2002Reviewed by Tony LaFianzaProject 86 has released a kind of concept record, but Truthless Heroes should not be wrapped in that subtext and left in the heady, contrived, section of your collection. It's more than that; it's a rock and roll party. Truthless Heroes takes Project where they haven't been before. The music has evolved, as also have the concepts and lyrics, into a progressive hard music groove that wasn't…Similar sounding releases
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