Instruct: Classify a given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: A good band gone terribly wrong.

Stabbing Westward is one of my favorite bands of all time. When I first picked up their new record, I was very excited about the possibilities the album possesed. Unfortionately, after the first few tracks, it became terribly evident that the band had completely abandened their old style for the sake of "growth". When bands try to grow, this is normally a good thing. In this case, however, Stabbing Westward completely rejected everything that made their band popular in the first place. The anger driven, electronic distorted vocals that were the core of the songs had been replaced with a whiny, nasely voice that took away all the feeling in the songs. I heard that shortly after this album was released, the band parted ways with their label, Koch Records. Frankly, I'm not surprized. My recommendation - Stay away from this album. Go buy one of their earlier albums. You'll be thankful you did.