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Rating: This group, on its third effort, can be classified as Metalcore, but in the broadest sense of the term, as the detectable influences are many and varied: Sepultura, Pantera, and even a touch of Deftones. The album consistently maintains high standards, with vigorous Thrash-style riffs, growl verses, not very deep but sufficiently aggressive, alternating with melodic choruses where the singer showcases his natural voice, the drummer plays energetically (amazing at the beginning of "Ribcage") without overdoing it, and the guitars (there are three guitarists) are precisely sharp.
The album begins with thirty seconds of angelic chorus, followed abruptly by "Not I": a few seconds of powerful riffing accompanied by the drums, then a growled "Noooo!!" and the true start of one of the best tracks on the album, whose melodic chorus is catchy. The sonic journey continues with the first single "Undying" and the Hardcore ride "Relentless Intolerance". As mentioned, the band doesn’t stick to the usual extreme Metal standards, but shows signs of experimentation, evident in the following "Deteriorate", a ballad initially acoustic, which accelerates at the end, where the singer displays his natural voice (very expressive indeed) and in the final "The Tide Began To Rise", marked by piano and acoustic guitars.
The album reaches very intense points with the excellent "Fire To My Soul" and "The Science Of Lies", but hits the best marks with "The Soldier's Song", certainly the most complete track on the album (and one of the few with a guitar solo in it) and "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck" (Prong cover), which show that these headbangers of impeccable morals are not the usual fake angry twenty-year-olds.
In conclusion, an excellent album, recommended for Metal lovers, without distinctions.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
03 Undying (04:18)
Ever since the day that I was made I’ve been deciding the end
And I was made of wood and stone that won’t diminish or bend
So when the heavy hand of death is here to take me away
I’ll be the solid grip of time, forever holding my stay
Nobody ever made a force that took a beating like me
I call the earth and every scum to come and try to fight me
Cus when I made the choice to live beyond the dirt that we tread
I felt the curse of mortal limit fall before it was said
Pre-chorus:
When this season ends…
Chorus:
One final heart-break
And blinding lights will guide our way
Free us our blind state
They will call us by our name
Undying
Tearing through these days I find the tolerance to strive and push on
I know what lies beyond this life for me is already won
No one can take away the blood that covers over my fall
Without the blood of perfect life I know I’m nothing at all
So now I reign forever hallowed in eternity’s hand
No man can shake me from the everlasting ground that I stand
Pre-chorus
Chorus
We are the ones who will still remain when all is laid to waste
We are the ones who, when angels cry, will see them face to face
We are the ones
Chorus
04 Relentless Intolerance (04:02)
These eyes they will gaze and reflect
And gauge every thought I reject
No sway of stance in changing times
Just a narrow mind commanding respect
We stand on the words of the wise
And languish every call to despise
We know the hollow wound of their lies
Pre-chorus:
No reformed edition
Never losing vision
Now into forever
Only getting better
Ways of now, spiral down
How much more we allow
Chorus:
Keeping sight of the vow we made
Holding fast to the hope
So when we stand in the line of wrath
The true and righteous will know
The foundation that we used to uphold
Now regarded as the madness of old
Every alteration made to the standard of truth
Is a nail in the coffin we hold
We embody everything they despise
Because they see us through degenerate eyes
So when thay cast you down as intolerant filth
Stand firm, never bow to the lies
Pre-chorus
Chorus
See the scorn inside my eyes
Chorus
05 Deteriorate (05:53)
Time has had its way with me
My broken, tired hands can't build a thing
The wires that have held me still
Embedded now in flesh, define my will
The idle of my days has won
The empty I have fed has made me numb
Despite what you will find in me
The failures of my past still swell beneath
Pre-chorus:
I need a heart that carries on through the pain
When the walls start collapsing again
Give me a soul that never ceases to follow
Despite the infection within
Chorus:
Our careless feet leaving trails
Never minding the fragile dirt we all end in
This is where I find my fall
The cares that held me life don't work at all
And every step away from here
Is closer to the plague I hold so dear
Awaiting my end
Breathing in the day that finds me new
Redemption begins
Bleeding out the flaws in place of you
Chorus
06 The Soldier's Song (05:24)
Through the clouds of fallen ash, a lonely mother's cry
Among the fields of broken glass the loyal few will arise
Faith now regained
Finding strength within the void, a raging fire ignites
A spark of ever-burning power and conviction to fight
Pride be your name
They will spit upon the honor that you guard with your life
And run to hide in selfish fear when threat of death is in sight
Lay down your shame
Armed with resistance and blind to the cost
They say your purpose is mindless and lost
But we don't adhere to the slander they spill
We mourn with your losses and stand, stand by your will
These tears we spill
They haunt us still
The cries of the weak lie quiet in sleep
Beneath our feet
We are the sons of Holy Wrath, a shining light in the dark
The ones who walk amongst despair, no sign of fear in our hearts
Stand in death's way
Shut out the voice of mindlessness, open your eyes to the truth
Believe the words that stand the test and not the slurs of the youth
You're not what they say
Turn over the tables and watch them run
You'll be the weapon they can't outgun
11 Ribcage (03:46)
All hail the newborn sin
Reject the boundaries and soak the cancer in
Hope kills the filth you crave
So bleed the truth out and fall into that grave
Uphold the brand new skin
Accept the failure, refuse to rise above
Break through the ribcage
And tear the heart out from everyone that you love
Pre-chorus:
Over and over again
We'll bury the shame underneath the lies we breathe
Over and over again
We'll carry the blame for the hell that we can't leave
Chorus:
Show me - the path that leads into your mind
Release - The thoughts you lock so deep inside
Show me - I'm the one who knew this pain
Release - Before you fall into this again
Behold the loyal slave
His rotting shell now a tomb where death can play
See nopw his pride caves in
Alone he fights to stop this dark decay
Feed, feed the lust you need
And fainter grows each plea from skies above
Break through the ribcage
And tear the heart out from everyone that you love
Pre-chorus
Chorus
Building a life out of all that you hate
We see through the front that you tried to create
The world that you had hoped for was only a fake
And just like the maggots that made you this way
I know
12 The Tide Began to Rise (05:35)
I don't belong here
I never saw this on the path I walk
The blood-stained walls, the lines of chalk on the floor
It's getting so hard
I never saw the backlash when the tide began to rise
I can't remember
The way it was when everything felt right
My mouth held shut and my eyes sealed tight with control
Pre-chorus:
So I remember on the inside
Chorus:
I found a dark, infernal place I don't want to face anymore
Somehow, I won't stop feeding the pain
My heart's just the same as before
So now I'm stuck here
Between the guilty and the insincere
The words I spoke have left me here all alone
I should have known this
I never saw the backlash when the tide began to rise
I wish it all gone
I could've burned it when I had the choice
And now I'd die to kill this noise in my head
Pre-chorus
Chorus
So I remember on the inside
If this is all the love my spirit can give
Just take it back tonight
There is not a reason more to live
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