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Ill Niño is the final in the current batch of Roadrunner's Best-Of compilations also falling under the category of "The Roots of Roadrunner Records." I must ask "Why?" This band is wholly inconsequential and certainly not influential, never mind having nothing to do with the roots of the label. Even Coal Chamber is more meaningful than this band and they themselves were derivative, just ask Dez Fafara. That gripe made, file Ill Niño under "followers, not leaders." The band took the tribal/world music vibe of Soulfly -- not even Sepultura -- and married it to the Nü Metal sound of the Deftones and Korn, replete with their lyrics. Sound like a formula for success to you? It must have to someone at Roadrunner Records back in ~2000. Even by then, however, the Nü Metal trend was nearing its deathbed. To quote Philip Anselmo, "Thank fuckin' God." Original guitarist Marc Rizzo left the band after only a few years and is now making Soulfly the best Sepultura cover band in the world so he must have known something, right? If Ill Niño is not dead, does anyone care? So many questions in this review, I know. Here's another: "Why was this compilation/abomination made since the band only put out 3 records on the label?" The biggest question has to be this: "Where is Roadrunner's The Best of Slipknot compilation?" That band is infinitely more worthy of such treatment, but they're still with the label, so, um, there is that.
| Tracklist |
| 1. What Comes Around |
| 2. Unreal |
| 3. God Save Us |
| 4. If You Still Hate Me |
| 5. Liar |
| 6. This Time's For Real |
| 6. How Can I Live |
| 8. Cleansing |
| 9. Te Amo. I Hate You |
| 10. What You Deserve |
| 11. This Is War |
| 12. Turns To Gray |
| 13. Corazon of Mine |
: 45.33
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