P.O.D.: Murdered Love

• Album: Murdered Love
• Artist: P.O.D.
• Release date: Jul. 11, 2012
• Download: Beautiful, Lost in Forever

SoCal rap-metal band brings back the boom after a four-year absence, sounding like the hook-laden harbinger of a spiritual apocalypse. The mix of metal, dub and hip-hop recalls 1999's The Fundamental Elements of Southtown and 2001's Satellite, with guest appearances by members of Cypress Hill and Hatebreed. Counterintuitively, it's the softest song that packs the hardest punch: Beautiful, which extends an offer of hope to those barely hanging on to the edges of life.

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