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Thrash Magazine	(7.1/10)
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Mudvayne is the fifth and final studio album by American heavy metal band Mudvayne. It was released on December 21, 2009. The material from the album was recorded simultaneously with the material that appeared on The New Game. "Beautiful And Strange", a single from the band, was made available for streaming on the band's website and MySpace page on October 7, 2009. There was no tour to support the album, which had little promotion; sales were also weak.

Following the release of Lost and Found in 2005, Chad Gray and Greg Tribbett formed the heavy metal supergroup Hellyeah. They released their self-titled album in 2007. The following year Mudvayne released their fourth album The New Game to lukewarm reviews. Chad Gray has said "I love being in two bands. I really do. You get to explore both sides of yourself. I think everybody has this severed half. The kind [that] co-exists outside of your work. I was able to kind of climb into that skin."

The album was produced by Jeremy Parker and David Fortman.

The album's style has been described by critics as nu metal,hard rock and alternative metal. Phil Freeman of Allmusic believes that the album is heavier than the band's previous album The New Game, and has compared its sound to Tool and Linkin Park.

On October 7, Mudvayne revealed a new song, "Beautiful and Strange". The song creates a mix of styles used in The New Game and older albums as well. It was also revealed that the first single from the album, "Scream With Me", will begin receiving airplay on November 17, 2009. However, a week before, it premiered on Noise Creep at 12:01 AM. Another song, "Heard it all Before" was made available for streaming. On November 10, iTunes released a 3 song set from the new album, titled Mudvayne - EP with the songs "Beautiful and Strange", "Scream With Me", and "Heard it All Before". A digital download of the full album was released on December 7, 2009 to those who pre-ordered the album.

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