Tormented- 1996

1.  Tolerate
2.  Break
3.  Come Again
4.  Painful
5.  Nameless
6.  Mudshovel (Original Version)
7.  See Thru
8.  Question
9.  No One's Kind
10.  Self-Destruct
11.  4 Walls

Label: Unknown
Release: 1996
Producer: Staind/Jeff Gilmer

1.  Suffocate
2.  Just Go
3.  Me
4.  Raw
5.  Mudshovel
6.  Home
7.  A Flat
8.  Crawl
9.  Spleen

Recorded at Studio Litho, Seattle, Washington

Produced by Terry Date (Deftones, Pantera) and the band, DYSFUNCTION is a dark, brooding, groove-driven record. There are no pretty ballads or acoustic detours--the record slams from start to finish. Durst helped the band develop their sound and encouraged lead throat Aaron Lewis to sing more and shout less. The result is some fine, powerful vocalizing. Fans of heavy music will relish Staind's cathartic angst and flock to the sonic attack that is DYFUNCTION.

1.  Open Your Eyes
2.  Pressure
3.  Fade
4.  It's Been Awhile
5.  Change
6.  Can't Believe
7.  Epiphany
8.  Suffer
9.  Warm Saef Place
10.  For You
11.  Outside
12.  Waste
13.  Take It

Recorded at NRG Studios, Los Angeles, California; Longview Farm Studios, North Brookfield, Massachusetts; South beach Studios, Miami Beach, Florida; Electric Lady Recording Studio, New York, New York.

Lewis's moonlighting as a solo acoustic performer in the band's lean years serves Staind well as BREAK THE CYCLE boasts a well balanced set of thrashy material ("Open Your Eyes" and "Safe Place") offset by more gentle rock ballads ("Fade" and "Suffer"). It is the impact of those ballads that sets Staind apart from their new-metal brethren. The radio-bound "It's Been Awhile" and full-band treatment of "Outside" strike universal chords, effectively capturing the bitterness of regret and facing reality with brooding hopefulness.