In 2020, Seether continue to keep swinging for something they couldn’t hit in 2003. Apparently still ambitious to become kings of that strip of land that sits between Puddle Of Mudd’s post-grunge howlings and the third-wave nu-metal of Taproot – and indeed, to only achieve this – not only is Si Vis Pacen, Para Bellum narrow in its vision and far too polite in its delivery, it’s also massively, hopelessly dated. And even taking that into account, it’s still just not very good. And the thing is, it almost could be. Frontman Shaun Morgan can sing. He can do a riff. He can write songs. It’s just that those songs are either power-chorus cheese that’s still waiting to see if the invitation to appear on the Spider-Man soundtrack with Chad Kroeger turns up in the post, or mid-paced nu-metal w...
