Metalcore band blessthefall premiered its first new music in give years this week.
The music came in the form of the band’s new single, ‘Wake The Dead‘ Wednesday. The band also unveiled a video to go with the single. The musical arrangement featured in the new single is a heavy, driving composition that is everything audiences came to expect from the band throughout its catalog while still establishing an identity all its own separate from the band’s existing work. At the same time, the intensity expressed through the screams, clean vocals, guitars and rhythm section make the arrangement easily comparable to works from fellow metalcore acts, such as Wage War, As I Lay Dying, and Memphis May Fire.
No information was provided about the song’s lyrical theme in the news release announcing the debut of the new single and video. The lyrics provided with the song’s video leave themselves up to interpretation. The chorus hints at someone addressing someone who was quite toxic. This is increasingly inferred in the chorus’ refrain, which makes a statement about someone dragging the subject through the flames and drowning the person in waves with only the result of the subject persevering. It all definitely leaves the lyrics to interpretation without exact explanation.
The video for the new single is a familiar style presentation. The band performs its new single on a sound stage dressed to look like the band is on stage as the song plays over the visualization.
Courtesy: Rise Records
Speaking of the band performing live, the band has also announced a new tour in support of its 2013 album, Hollow Bodies. The tour is scheduled to launch Aug. 3 in Santa Ana, CA and to run through Sept. 7 in Alton, VA at this year’s annual Blue Ridge Rock Festival.
Front man Beau Boken said the band is anticipating getting on the road and performing Hollow Bodies in its entirety for fans this summer.
“Hollow Bodies was the album that took our band to the next level and for that we are forever grateful,” Boken said. “Being able to do a 10-year anniversary tour and play the record in its entirety is going to be incredibly special. It’s been four years since we played a live show and want to pick up right where we left off. We can’t wait to see your sweaty faces in the crowd!”
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the album’s release. the record peaked at #15 on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart, #3 on Billboard’s Independent Albums chart, #2 on Billboard’s Top Alternative Albums chart and #1 on Billboard’s Top Hard Rock Albums chart.
The schedule for the band’s upcoming tour in support of Hollow Bodies is noted below. Caskets, Kingdom of Giants and Dragged Under will share time as support for the tour.
BLESSTHEFALL ON TOUR: WITH CASKETS, KINGDOM OF GIANTS, + DRAGGED UNDER: 8/3 Santa Ana, CA 8/4 Roseville, CA 8/5 Portland, OR 8/6 Seattle, WA 8/0 Salt Lake City, UT 8/9 Denver, CO 8/11 Minneapolis, MN 8/12 Chicago, IL 8/14 Toronto, ON 8/15 Montreal, QC 8/17 Boston, MA 8/18 New York, NY 8/19 Philadelphia, PA 8/20 Baltimore, MD 8/22 Atlanta GA 8/23 Tampa, FL 8/24 Pensacola, FL 8/25 New Orleans, LA 8/26 Houston, TX 8/27 Dallas, TX 8/28 Albuquerque, NM 8/31 Las Vegas, NV 9/1 Phoenix, AZ 9/7 Alton, VA* *Blue Ridge Rock Fest
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Wage War announced its latest tour schedule this week.
The band’s tour, which is in support of its 2021 album, Manic and its follow-up companion record, The Stripped Sessions, is scheduled to launch April 11 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and to run through May 20 in Atlanta, GA. The tour features stops in Portland, OR; Minneapolis, MN and Silver Springs, MD along the way.
Nothing, Nowhere and Spite will serve as support for the tour. Tickets are available here. The tour’s schedule is noted below:
WAGE WAR ON TOUR: WITH NOTHING,NOWHERE. + SPITE: 4/11 — Ft. Lauderdale — Revolution Live 4/12 — St. Petersburg, FL — Jannus Live 4/14 — Houston, TX — House of Blues 4/15 — Dallas, TX — Echo Lounge & Music Hall 4/16 — Oklahoma City, OK — Diamond Ballroom 4/18 — Tempe, AZ — The Marquee 4/20 — Anaheim, CA — House of Blues 4/21 — San Diego, CA — The Observatory 4/22 — Los Angeles, CA — The Belasco 4/23 — Sacramento, CA — Ace of Spades 4/25 — Portland, OR — Roseland Theater 4/26 — Seattle, WA — The Showbox Sodo 4/28 — Salt Lake City, UT — The Complex 4/29 — Denver, CO — Summit 4/30 — Kansas City, MO — The Truman 5/2 — Green Bay, WI — Epic Event Center 5/3 — Minneapolis, MN — The Fillmore 5/5 — Chicago, IL — Concord Music Hall 5/6 — Detroit, MI — The Fillmore 5/7 — Toronto, ON — The Danforth Music Hall 5/9 — Cincinnati, OH — Bogart’s 5/10 — Pittsburgh, PA — Roxian Theatre 5/12 — Worcester. MA — The Palladium 5/13 — Sayreville, NJ — Starland Ballroom 5/14 — Huntington, NY — The Paramount 5/16 — Silver Springs, MD — The Fillmore 5/17 — Philadelphia, PA — The Fillmore 5/19 — Nashville, TN — Marathon Music Works 5/20 — Atlanta, GA — The Masquerade Heaven
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Wage War debuted the video for its latest single this week.
The band premiered the video for its single, ‘Godspeed’ Wednesday. The video is composed of footage from the band performing live. The song itself is from the band’s latest album, Manic. The album has also produced the singles, ‘Teeth,’ ‘High Horse,’ ‘Manic,’ and ‘Circle the Drain.’ An acoustic take of the song premiered Dec. 17.
The musical arrangement featured in ‘Godspeed’ starts off with something of an industrial bent. That leaning is very quickly paired with the band’s familiar metalcore style for a song that is just as unique as anything else featured in the band’s new album.
According to a statement released from the band, the song’s lyrical theme takes on the all too familiar topic of toxic relationships.
“‘Godspeed’ is about finally reaching the last straw and ultimately cutting toxic people out of your life,” the statement reads. “It’s three minutes and six seconds of all gas, and no brakes. It’s heavy, it’s melodic, it’s energetic. It’s everything you’ve ever come to know about Wage War, cranked all the way up.”
In other news, Wage War will continue touring in support of its new album. The next leg of the band’s tour is scheduled to launch July 18 in Detroit, MI and to run through Aug. 19 in Tempe, AZ. The tour also features performances in cities, such as Nashville, TN; Green Bay, WI and Reading, PA.
The tour’s schedule is noted below.
WAGE WAR ON TOUR: WITH THREE DAYS GRACE + ZERO 9:36: 7/18 — Detroit, MI — The Fillmore 7/19 — East Moline, IL — The Rust Belt 7/21 — Clive, IA — Horizon Events Center 7/22 — Chesterfield, MO — The Factory 7/23 — Green Bay, WI — Capital Credit Union Park 7/25 — Pittsburgh, PA — Stage AE 7/27 — Wallingford, CT — The Dome at Toyota Presents Oakdale 7/28 — Boston, MA — House of Blues 8/03 — Reading, PA — Theatre at Santander Arena 8/05 — Atlanta, GA — Tabernacle 8/06 — Nashville, TN — Marathon Music Works 8/07 — New Orleans, LA — The Fillmore 8/09 — Houston, TX — 713 Music Hall 8/11 — Austin, TX — Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheatre 8/15 — Denver, CO — The Mission Ballroom 8/18 — Hollywood, CA — Hollywood Palladium 8/19 — Tempe, AZ — The Marquee Theatre
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Metalcore band Miss May I debuted its new single, ‘Bleed Together‘ and its video this week.
The band premiered the new song and video Wednesday. The premieres come more than two months after the debut of the band’s then latest single, ‘Unconquered’ and its video. ‘Bleed Together’ will feature in Miss May I’s forthcoming album, Curse of Existence, which is scheduled for release Sept. 2 through Sharp Tone Records. It is unknown if ‘Unconquered’ will also be part of the record’s body.
The musical arrangement featured in ‘Bleed Together’ is just as intense as that featured in ‘Unconquered.’ Audiences can easily make a comparison here to works from Miss May I’s Sharp Tone Records label mates Of Mice & Men, as well as again to works from We Came As Romans and to those from Wage War.
The lyrical theme featured in the band’s new single addresses the relationship between a parent and child in powerful fashion, according to a statement from front man Levi Benton.
“‘Bleed Together’ describes the connection a parent has with their child and the lengths they are willing to go to be there for them,” he said. “It is a natural instinct for a parent to want to guard their child and for some that still seems to be something that was missing in their life. This song is from my perspective and an emotional follow up to our song ‘Hey Mister,’ which describes the lack of a father figure around in one’s life.”
The video for ‘Bleed Together’ illustrates the noted message as it shows a father holding his child while the world seems to be crumbling around the pair. Meanwhile the band is presented performing its new single on a soundstage to add to the visualization.
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The lineup for the 2023 ShipRocked cruise was announced this week.
Falling in Reverse will headline next year’s hard rock cruise, which is scheduled to leave port Jan. 22 from Port Canaveral, FL and return Jan. 28. The cruise, which will take place aboard the Carnival Magic, will make stops along its route at Half Moon Cay in the Bahamas, Grand Turk in Turks & Caicos Islands, and Dominican Republic’s Amber Cove. A limited number of staterooms is still available here.
Along with Falling in Reverse, the lineup for the 2023 Ship Rocked cruise also features the likes of Nonpoint, Nothing More, Ayron Jones, and Motionless in Air. Also included in the lineup are the likes of Wage War, Skillet, and Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.
Nonpoint also took part in the 2022 ShipRocked cruise alongside the likes of Ayron Jones, P.O.D., Lamb of God, Corey Taylor, Drowning Pool, and Avatar among others.
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Metalcore band Miss May I debuted its new single, ‘Unconquered’ and its video Wednesday.
The single and its video are the first from the band in five years. The song’s musical arrangement is pure metalcore and will appeal to the band’s established fan base, as well as that of Wage War, and Miss May I’s label mate, We Came As Romans.
The song’s lyrical theme addresses the emotional and mental struggles that everyone battled because of the pandemic, said front man Levi Benton.
“We as well as everyone else went through the ringer the last couple of years,” said Benton. “Some of us worse than others and even more of us finding ourselves in the darkest places we never thought we’d end up. After that experience and making it out – it felt as if a battle had been won. That’s what ‘Unconquered’ is all about.”
The video for ‘Unconquered’ finds the band performing its new single on what looks like another world, perhaps another planet. The visualization is meant to help illustrate the sense of being in another world throughout the course of the pandemic. Meanwhile an unidentified man battles what seems like addiction to pills, alcohol and smoking. The song plays over the video as it progresses.
In other news, Miss May I is serving as support for All That Remains’ new headlining tour, which launched Saturday. The tour’s schedule is noted below on its poster.
Courtesy: Adrenaline PR
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Memphis May Fire kicked off the weekend by debuting another new single and its companion video.
The band premiered its new single, ‘The American Dream‘ and its companion video Friday. The band’s sixth single since the debut of its single, ‘Death Inside‘ last July, the song features a musical arrangement that is everything audiences have come to expect from MMF.
The arrangement is a rich, heavy composition. It is comparable to works from the likes of so many metalcore bands with its heavy, melodic approach. There are elements of Ice Nine Kills alongside elements of Wage War, and to a lesser extent, As I Lay Dying exhibited throughout the song.
Front man Matty Mullins talked about the song’s lyrical theme in a prepared statement.
“We are thrilled to be dropping our sixth new single ‘The American Dream,” said Mullins. “This song was fueled by the current state of our country, and the desire to fight for resolution rather than fighting our fellow man. We are donating 100 percent of the proceeds froma new t-shirt that will be coming soon to our merch store to The Veterans Project, whose mission is to capture the legacies of veterans of the American military and tell the stories of all Allied countries and their warrior classes, as well.”
The video for ‘The American Dream’ is very much like most of the band’s videos lately. It featured the band on a soundstage in front of a wall of monitors, performing its new single. Along with ‘Death Inside’ and ‘The American Dream,’ MMF has also released the singles, ‘Left For Dead,‘ ‘Bleed Me Dry,‘ ‘Blood & Water,’ and ‘Somebody.’
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The stripped down approach is actually slightly similar to that of the original composition in its stylistic approach. However the lack of the layered vocals and electronics and distortion does give the song a certain new, added depth of emotion, presenting more of a sense of vulnerability.
The band offered the following statement about the new take of ‘Circle The Drain.’
“We’ve always loved taking our songs back to the basics, and ‘Circle the Drain (Stripped)’ is one of our favorites yet,” the statement reads. “We feel like the song really gets to breathe when you strip it down.”
In other news, Wage War has announced new live dates for this winter alongside Falling in Reverse and Hawthorne Heights. The dates are noted below.
WAGE WAR ON TOUR: WITH FALLING IN REVERSE + HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS: 1/13 — Atlanta, GA — The Tabernacle 1/14 — Nashville, TN — Marathon Music Works 1/15 — Cincinnati, OH — ICON 1/17 — Pittsburgh, PA — Stage AE 1/18 — Silver Spring, MD — The Fillmore 1/19 — Philadelphia, PA — The Fillmore 1/21 — Boston, MA — Tsongas Arena 1/22 — New York, NY — Hammerstein 1/24 — Detroit, MI — The Fillmore 1/25 — Chicago, IL — Aragon Ballroom 1/28 — Kansas City, MO — The Uptown Theatre 1/29 — Oklahoma City, OK — Diamond Ballroom 1/30 — Dallas, TX — Southside Ballroom 2/1 — Phoenix, AZ — The Van Buren 2/4 — Los Angeles, CA — The Palladium
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In celebration of the album’s release, the band premiered the video for the album’s title track, Friday. The song is the album’s fourth single, behind ‘Teeth,’ ‘High Horse,’ and ‘Circle the Drain.’
The video features vocalist Briton Bond in an apartment, singing his part to the song as he fights everything going on in his head. The whole thing is visually dark, including a shadow figure of sorts that is meant to personify the dark thoughts in the subject’s mind. This all happens as the song plays over the visualization.
The musical arrangement featured in ‘Manic’ is so much unlike that of the rest of the album’s entries. In this case, the use of the electronics alongside the rapping and metal immediately lends itself to comparison to works from Hed (p.e.). Guitarist Cody Quistad was even cited as saying the song is “my favorite Wage War song ever…It lends itself to a manic headspace, summing up the album.” Quistad is right. The energy and stylistic approach here is manic in its own right, and it does just as well to help translate the emotion in the song’s lyrical theme. The theme in question in fact does take on the topic of what a person going through so many emotions feels.
The noted, familiar theme is expressed well here right from the song’s lead verse, which states, “Fear hits like a drug in the veins/Hard to stop like a runaway train/Look around but there’s nobody to blame/Oh, what a shame/Spent nights just staring at the wall/Pay no mind to the demons in the hall/Yeah I’m numb/I don’t feel nothing at all/Braced for the fall/Try to calm myself down/But I feel the panic/Is it all up in my head/Am I going manic?” Again, some of the lyrics are tough to decipher sans lyrics to reference, but enough can be understood to the end that the noted message is clear. The song’s second verse builds on the message, stating, “It’s a war/But I’m never on attack/Holding on, but I’m slipping through the crack/Don’t wanna be another body on the stack/I’m never coming back/Spending nights just staring at the wall/Pay no mind to the demons in the hall” Again here we have that theme of mental health, which deserves the fullest seriousness. That is especially in the current era as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The statement later in the song that, “I don’t wanna die” shows just how serious someone going through mania (or any major mental health concern) feels and thinks. Hopefully this familiar and fully accessible presentation will help anyone who is battling a mental health concern fight that battle and win every day. Such lyrical and musical content collectively shows once more, the power of Wage War’s latest album. That is even more the case when the song is considered with the other songs examined here, the album’s current singles, and the rest of the record’s songs. The whole comes together to make the album in whole a powerful new offering from Wage War that is among the best of this year’s new hard rock and metal albums.
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When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. Everybody knows that old adage about making the best of a bad situation. It is an adage that the members of Wage War followed (like so many other musical acts) last year when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the band off the road. The band made the most of the situation and crafted its latest album (its fourth), Manic. Scheduled for release Friday through Fearless Records, the 57-minute album is a powerful presentation from beginning to end. That is thanks to its musical and lyrical content alike, as its current singles – Teeth,’ ‘Circle The Drain,’ and ‘High Horse’ – have shown. They are just a sampling of what makes the album successful. Also of note in this record is the late entry, ‘Never Said Goodbye.’ This song will be examined shortly. ‘Death Roll,’ another track that comes in the record’s second half, is also of note. It will be examined a little later. ‘Manic,’ the album’s title track, is yet another interesting addition to the presentation and will also be discussed later. All three songs do just as much as the album’s current singles to show why Manic is such a strong new offering from Wage War. When all of these songs are considered along with the album’s other songs, the overall presentation makes Manic one more of the best of this year’s top new hard rock and metal albums.
Wage War’s forthcoming album, Manic, is another strong new offering from the metalcore band, which continues to cement its place within that community and the bigger hard rock and metal community. The album proves successful through its combined musical and lyrical content. Its current singles have done well to support the noted statements, and they are just a snapshot of what makes the record engaging and entertaining. ‘Never Said Goodbye’ is another song that shows the album’s strength. The song is the album’s only reserved composition in terms of its musical arrangement. The subdued, contemplative stylistic approach and sound in the song’s verses alongside the more fiery choruses makes for a juxtaposition and contrast that stands out starkly from the rest of the record’s works. That is not a bad thing, either. Though, in the bigger picture of the record’s sequencing, it might have done better if it had been made the record’s midpoint, so as to break up the record’s overall mood. That is a matter for another time, though. The control in the vocals and instrumentation, and the production therein gives this arrangement a distinct emocore type presentation that still manages to immerse listeners in its body and keep them engaged.
The musical side of ‘Never Said Goodbye’ goes a long way to ward making the song stand out in the album’s bigger picture. When it pairs with the song’s lyrical theme its own strength increases even more. That is because of the matter addressed in the lyrical content here. The lyrical content in question focuses on someone mourning an individual who is close to him/her. This is made relatively clear right from the song’s lead verse and chorus, which state, “Nothing could prepare me for that call/Dropped to my knees/Threw my phone against the wall/Said you were gone/And I didn’t believe it/This isn’t real/I just gotta be dreaming/It’s never fair/You were taken away too soon/Feels like a knife in the heart/An open wound/Won’t ever heal/’Cause I’m tryin’ to…/I’m in a world where you’re not in existence/I know you/I know we never know it’s time/But I don’t understand what’s on the other side/I know you/I know it’s just part of life/But I’m still askin’ why/Why I never say what I meant to/All those things I wanted to tell you/I know you’re home now/In a better place/But I’m still searching for the words to say/Iwsh it wasn’t the last time/’Cause I never said goodbye.” The eulogy of sorts continues in the song’s second verse, which states, “Hard to think that you’re never coming home/Now you rest in a field beneath this stone/I find peace in the silence around me/And in the calm I can feel you surround me/I don’t think that I’ll ever understand/One day we’re here/Then we fall like grains of sand/Do we wade in the pain that we live in/Or make the most of the time that we’re given?” This is a pretty clear statement. It is not necessarily anything new to the musical universe. Lots of songs such as this have been crafted through the modern history of music, but it is still just as welcome in this case as any other. Whether this is something autobiographical from any of the band members, the fact stands that this is still a song that will prove therapeutic for so many listeners just as much for the lyrical content as for the musical arrangement. The whole of that content makes the song overall such a unique addition to the album and just one example of what makes the record successful. ‘Death Roll,’ another entry in the album’s second half, is another example of the album’s strength.
‘Death Roll’ is the polar opposite of ‘Never Said Goodbye’ in terms of its musical arrangement. This three-minute-plus song’s arrangement is more akin to works from Slipknot (just like ‘High Horse’) than maybe more emotional emocore bands. At the same time that it can be compared to works from Slipknot, it can also be compared to works from the likes of Unearth. The intensity in its sound and stylistic approach is enough in itself to keep listeners engaged and entertained. What’s more, the screams of vocalist Briton Bond here are just as powerful in this case as those of Corey Taylor and any other similar vocalist. His work and that of his band mates makes the overall arrangement that much stronger. The fire in the song’s musical arrangement pairs with the song’s equally intense lyrical content to make the overall song even more powerful.
The lyrical content featured in this song comes across as a defiant stand against those who seem to live just to make others miserable. This is inferred as Bond screams in the song’s lead verse and chorus, “Terrified/In darkness/Another victim in its sight/So cold/So heartless/A hunger never satisfied/Eyes of death/Mouth of hell/This wretched swamp/The hate that we hide/Comes up from the depths/We gave you an inch/But you went for the neck/Take what you want/Prey on the weak/We are the broken/We are the beast/Hunters of all/Swallow you whole/Taking you down in a death roll.” Some of the lyrics here are difficult to decipher sans lyrics to reference. The song’s second verse adds even more to the noted inference as Bond screams, “Condemned from birth/Underneath the dying sun/There can be no future here/When your instinct’s eat the young/Hand in hand through the wasteland/We wave our final goodbye/Kill ’em all til there’s nothing left/Cold blooded ‘til the last breath.” From there the band returns to the chorus, which makes the statement about taking down that not so good person. Considering the anger and fire in these lyrics, they will connect with listeners in their own way. When these lyrics are considered in whole, the overall message and fire in the song’s musical energy collectively makes this song stand out even more as another important addition to the album. It is just one more of the most notable of the album’s entries, too. ‘Manic,’ the album’s title track, is another notable addition to the album.
In the case of ‘Manic,’ it stands out in part because its musical arrangement is so much unlike that of the rest of the album’s entries. In this case, the use of the electronics alongside the rapping and metal immediately lends itself to comparison to works from Hed (p.e.). Guitarist Cody Quistad was even cited as saying the song is “my favorite Wage War song ever…It lends itself to a manic headspace, summing up the album.” Quistad is right. The energy and stylistic approach here is manic in its own right, and it does just as well to help translate the emotion in the song’s lyrical theme. The theme in question in fact does take on the topic of what a person going through so many emotions feels.
The noted, familiar theme is expressed well here right from the song’s lead verse, which states, “Fear hits like a drug in the veins/Hard to stop like a runaway train/Look around but there’s nobody to blame/Oh, what a shame/Spent nights just staring at the wall/Pay no mind to the demons in the hall/Yeah I’m numb/I don’t feel nothing at all/Braced for the fall/Try to calm myself down/But I feel the panic/Is it all up in my head/Am I going manic?” Again, some of the lyrics are tough to decipher sans lyrics to reference, but enough can be understood to the end that the noted message is clear. The song’s second verse builds on the message, stating, “It’s a war/But I’m never on attack/Holding on, but I’m slipping through the crack/Don’t wanna be another body on the stack/I’m never coming back/Spending nights just staring at the wall/Pay no mind to the demons in the hall” Again here we have that theme of mental health, which deserves the fullest seriousness. That is especially in the current era as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The statement later in the song that, “I don’t wanna die” shows just how serious someone going through mania (or any major mental health concern) feels and thinks. Hopefully this familiar and fully accessible presentation will help anyone who is battling a mental health concern fight that battle and win every day. Such lyrical and musical content collectively shows once more, the power of Wage War’s latest album. That is even more the case when the song is considered with the other songs examined here, the album’s current singles, and the rest of the record’s songs. The whole comes together to make the album in whole a powerful new offering from Wage War that is among the best of this year’s new hard rock and metal albums.
Wage War’s forthcoming album, Manic, is a successful new offering from the metalcore band. It continues to cement the band’s place in the metal core and bigger metal and hard rock communities. That is proven through the album’s musical and lyrical content. The musical content shows a certain range of diversity. That alone is sure to engage and entertain audiences. The lyrical themes that accompany the record’s musical arrangements is just as accessible as the musical arrangements. All three of the songs examined here make that clear, as do the singles that the album has already produced. When all of this content is considered along with the rest of the album’s songs, the whole makes Manic one of the best of this year’s new hard rock and metal albums.
Manic is scheduled for release Friday through Fearless Records. More information on the album is available along with all of the band’s latest news at:
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