Thesixth album from the Chicago-based alt-rock trio, Hats Off to theBull features the band returning to the heavier Tool and Helmetinspired rock sound of their earlier releases. The album was produced,recorded and mixed by Evil Joe Barresi and features the face-meltinglead single, Face to the Floor. Over a chugging, post-grunge guitarriff, singer Pete Loeffler proclaims, To pick up the tip doesnt mean alot/Fiddle inside your drawers/If we own the night then spread itout/Or pack up without a clue. A succinct survey of how most of thenation is smarting from hard economic times -- complete with a BernieMadoff reference in the lyrics -- Floor delivers nearly four minutesof the cathartic alt-metal fans have come to expect from Chevelle. Thistime, though, the band wants to stir their minds, not just theirtempers.