Continue?

I am sorry for the delay leading up to this post. I am actually very nervous to continue this list because every other band on this list sits VERY close to my heart. I'm at the kind of crossroad where I lay unsure about what to post for fear of not doing justice to some of what I consider to be the greatest albums ever written. This week, I will look at Thursday's album War All the Time. This band is one of those where I completely understand someone not liking them. The vocalist is terrible and something is off about every musician involved.

I personally love every minute of this album. The lyrics are horrible depressing and the music is equally crushing. There is an air of experimentation with ever strike of every chord. The drums are very simple in their orchestration and it works beautifully. The bass nimbly moves between the root and I think he may hit the fifth ever time he strays. The vocals are in key, but barely. The singer really likes to straddle the line between being on key and not. The scream on this album sounds incredible forced and harsh.

My song of choice has to be Signals In The Air. It starts with this delicate drum line that continues through the entirety of the introduction. The chorus is a crushing and full sounding cacophony of sound that has the power to bring me to tears at times. The guitar floats all over the key that this song sits in. Overall, I think this song may have the lowest number of root notes out of any song I listen to.


Every song on this album in speaking about the horrors of war. I'm sure it is a metaphor for something. Unfortunately, I do not know what that would be.

My end point is that I really feel like this album should be in everyone's collection. It is beautiful. It is broken. It is depressing as fuck. It is perfect.

I really have to thank my co-worker Megan and her boyfriend Alberto for forcing me to listen to this album over and over so I actually get through all of this.






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