This came out in 2004 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
If you remember nü-metal bruisers Drowning Pool at all, it’s probably for one of two things: A) Their breakthrough single Bodies off their 2001 debut CD Sinner; of B) The sudden heart-failure death of singer Dave Williams in their tour bus in 2002.
Well, two years later the boys have recruited a new bellower and returned with a new disc they hope will be equally memorable. Not likely. One listen to Desensizited is all it takes to know these guys may have moved on, but they haven’t evolved. These 11 slabs of pummelling aggro and bludgeoning obviousness are just a paint-by-numbers collection of detuned guitar grind, rap-metal grooves and blowtorch vocals. Frankly, the most memorable aspect of the whole disc is the cover picture of a porn star sporting a Satanic bikini and brandishing a baseball bat — and I don’t mean that as a compliment. Forget these guys.
