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Rating: Released in 2005, "Ruiner" is perhaps the best album by A Wilhelm Scream, even if it doesn't bring any novelty to the band's style. The recipe remains the same: melody contrasted with speed and deadly tempo changes, songs with structures decidedly complicated for their genre, and above all, a lot of technique.
Right from the opener, one can see how unpredictable the band is: "The King Is Dead" begins with a raw yet melodic arpeggio and then takes off at full speed with sudden and frantic rhythm changes. The album doesn't lose its impact for even a moment, not even in the more tranquil tracks like "In Vino Veritas II," the only ballad on the album. Standout tracks on this CD are hard to pinpoint, everything flows seamlessly, each piece has a specific characteristic that sets it apart from the others. "God Loves A Liar" has a very fast and more captivating drum beat than other tracks on the album, "Cancer Dream" features a sharp riff and abrupt tempo changes second only to those in the opener, while "The Soft Sell" is distinguished by a particularly well-crafted bass line that lays a great foundation for a rather technical and original riff. I could continue until listing all 14 tracks.
The crux is that this is an album to listen to, in defiance of anyone who says that melodic hardcore is a poor genre.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
04 The Soft Sell (02:30)
No matter where we run, it's only a car-length away. [x2]
This is the time, if it were up to me now.
This is the time, we can rise from the ground.
This is the time, hold onto me now.
No matter where we run, we'll do this til our legs will break.
This is the time, if it were up to me now.
This is the time, we can rise from the ground.
This is the time, hold onto me now.
In a bed for liars, can we be true for once?
Am I the ruiner of you too much?
I am so f**king bored. [x2]
And ever second is an hour.
What's a minute when you weren't counting it?
Cause every new day's a struck match, a falling out.
Now it's doctor's scripts and 666.
It's a voodoo doll stabbing at the cest of the heartless.
Can't you refrain from all that shit for now?
Give me the warmth of an island,
give me the sense of a want to go home.
Give me a loss due to damage,
give me the strength or the balls to be hated.
I am so f**king bored.[x4]
No matter where we run, it's only a car-length away.
This is the time, if it were up to me now.
This is the time, we can rise from the ground.
This is the time, will you look to me now?
This is the time, hold onto me now.
08 Congratulations (01:28)
There's a waiting list to the bottom, under you.
Ex-husbands, romantics and perverts and masochists.
I'm gonna be there too.
Where's the stop where the train's gonna hit me?
True, I live for when you bullshit me.
Tell me you want me, tell me you need me.
Undress me with your eyes.
Lie to me.
Here we are, in love again.
Congratulations,
I'm here as the entertaining fool.
Must have broke every bone in your wrist, how romantic of you.
We both got this sickness; goddamn it's addictive.
It's got me bleeding for two.
Where's the truck full of bricks here to crush me?
Don't you f**k with this halo above me.
Tell me you caught me, tell me I'm sorry.
Kick me back in your life.
Torture me.
09 The Kids Can Eat a Bag of Dicks (03:43)
The sudden sight of mirrors brought the hero's demise.
Hey operator, stop acting civilized.
I want to be you.
And the ones to resurrect sex and death bought the copyright.
They ate shit on the record.
Did you get the mix right?
Not quite.
I want to be you.
With a graceful fall did you waste it all?
I found a way for the rest of you.
I missed me too.
Tell me that I'm not so weak.
Tell me that I'm not alone.
F**k me if it pours, you're not built for this.
But it's not raining is it?
I want to be you.
And we've got the rest of our lives to be our fathers.
What a dream to wet the eyes!
I want to be you.
With a graceful fall did you waste it all?
I found a way for the rest of you.
I missed me too.
Tell me that I'm not so weak.
Tell me that I'm not alone.
Do I hear you crawling on your back?
Do I hear you folding up to fear?
Brave you, I missed me too.
We are all we have.
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