13 VOICES - Sum 41

Personnel: Deryck Whibley (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards); Dave Baksh, Tom Thacker (guitar); Frank Zummo (drums).Audio Mixer: Tom Lord-Alge.Recording information: EastWest Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Legends Studios.Death looms large on Sum 41's sixth album, 13 Voices. Five years after Screaming Bloody Murder, the comeback arrived two years after frontman Deryck Whibley nearly died from alcohol-related liver and kidney failure. Emerging from an induced coma, he not only had to relearn how to walk, but he also had to train his hands to play guitar again. He described the process as a fall and a rise, which is documented on the bleak and intense 13 Voices. The levity found on their early releases had mostly been scrubbed away after their third record, Chuck, but here it's truly a thing of the past. 13 Voices is packed with full-blast urgency and powerful execution. The quintet -- rounded out by returning prodigal guitarist Dave "Brownsound" Baksh, his replacement Tom Thacker, bassist Ja