''Up the Dose'' is the second and final album by the five-piece

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Skrape Skrape was an American heavy metal band formed in Orlando, Florida in 1997. History Formed in 1997 under the name "Jojo", they later renamed to "Skrape" two years later. Prior to their formation in 1997, members had been involved in notable ac ...

. It was released on January 13, 2004, after initially being scheduled for a September 2003 release.

Reception

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's Johnny Loftus gave the album two and a half stars, stating that it tries to "build fully on the promise of "Goodbye" and "Kill Control" from 2001's ''New Killer America'', tracks that cracked the nu-metal mold with stratospheric vocals from Billy Keeton and slight twinges of

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psychedelics." He praised the song "Syrup", calling it an "atmospheric later-album track that leaves plenty of empty space around its spidery guitars and plodding percussion, capitalizing the chorus when it finally lurches into gear. The song slides in the slime between early

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and modern metal, and its final, aggressive tempo change only makes it more effective." Ink19.com's Nick Plante referred to the album as "the heavy metal equivalent of

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", writing "It’s formulaic, hook-heavy modern metal where as much input came from

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’s marketing department as did from the musicians themselves." The ''

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'' gave the album a similarly mixed review, noting "These songs sound awfully familiar, despite all the talk from singer Billy Keeton and his Skrape cohorts about how the band is pushing boundaries on its sophomore album. Instead, Orlando's homegrown major-label addition to the nu-metal aesthetic is back with a predictable though solid regurgitation of the power chords and angst of 2001's ''New Killer America.''"

Track listing

# "Bleach" – 3:20 # "Stand Up (Summer Song)" – 3:53 # "Up the Dose" – 3:10 # "In the End" – 2:57 # "My Life" – 2:55 # "I Can't Breathe" – 4:51 # "The Ocean" – 4:02 # "Searching for Home" – 3:18 # "Syrup" – 4:39 # "Habit" – 3:42 # "No Respect" – 3:02 *The Japanese version of the album includes a bonus track called "You Got What You Wanted". Other songs from the recording sessions are called "Determination" and "So Many Things" which have surfaced online.

References

{{Authority control 2004 albums Skrape albums RCA Records albums Albums produced by James Barton (producer)