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Rating: OK, now you're probably wondering: who are these Fozzy? Let me tell you right away.
Fozzy is the band of wrestler Chris Irvine, better known as Chris “Y2J” Jericho.
This All That Remains, released this year, is the first real album by the group: in the past Fozzy had released other CDs, but all with covers of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and so on. Here, instead, we finally have a solid heavy metal that allows me to better assess the band's skill.
The album can also be considered modern rock (in my opinion, they remind me of 3 Doors Down and Alter Bridge), although there are some "old school metal" riffs and others more nu-metal.
Let's talk about the songs: my favorites are NAMELESS FACELESS, ENEMY (the single), the title track ALL THAT REMAINS, and IT’S A LIE. And it's in these tracks that Fozzy gives their best. The others are decent and little more. Also noteworthy is the presence of numerous guests; from Zack Wilde (Black Label Society) to Marty Friedman (Megadeth), serious people indeed...
What is this album missing? Certainly a bit more grit wouldn't hurt and then it seems to me a CD that's too simple and not very creative, despite the product offered by Jericho and company being very valid. At least it's commendable that, after having played only covers, Fozzy played something of their own.
In conclusion, "All That Remains" is a very interesting album, but not so much that you'd tear your hair out over it.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
04 All That Remains (04:33)
Looking over my shoulder at the road that follows
What once seemed to matter now dust at my feet
Memories whisper at the edge of perception
Silent reminders of a life incomplete
And all that remains
Are the scars to remind me
And all the lives I've thrown away
And all that remains
Are the bars that confine me
To a past I can't escape
Words that are unspoken are now reminders
Each second dies a silent death unmourned
I tried as a martyr to lead her, to guide her
Now I'm alone painted by the color of scorn
And all that remains
Are the scars to remind me
And all the lives I've thrown away
And all that remains
Are the bars that confine me
To a past I can't escape
06 It's a Lie (04:26)
On the radio you speak
To millions that you claim to teach
Minions never out of reach
Propaganda brings belief
It's a lie
It's a lie
Speak the speak the quips you quote
You never write the speech you note
If they can view then they can vote
False sincerity that you emote
Nobody knows exactly what the future holds
Claim to have a second sight until the day unfolds
When will they see that the path I choose is up to me
The scars that they leave are deep
Make decisions through the night
Proven wrong but claim they're right
Drag the world into their fight
Your leader leads you into this plight
08 The Way I Am (04:10)
Everywhere I look I see disease
Seems like the world was taken from me
Time seems to be tick tick ticking away
Forgive me for all, all the things I say
Will you leave me there
The way I am
Interpretations of the day
The way I am
Deliverered from the gray
Something makes me want to believe
Nothing in life was given to me
Cannot ever stick to this game
Everyday, everything the same
Time has a way and now I see
What happened to all, all of my dreams
Now and then I feel incomplete
But I won't live my life in defeat
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