Positive feedback I might add, from both the album and the reviewers. The reviewers give it because they have good taste, and The Chariot gives it because they're The bloody Chariot, and as such they can do as they bloody well please.
Rather than give a break down of each song (see what I did there?), I shall summarize each song with a single syllable: "guh."
This album is just "guh." Now, that really isn't the best way to describe the album, but it is the easiest. It's just so multi-faceted, with so many 'candy' bits (awesome/catchy/high replay value) and bone crunching delivery of shark solid lyrics.
Excerpt:
I saved my money, but it can't save me
Oh how I love it.
The vocalist has expanded his vocal range, and the screaming seems like it has more of a southern drawl in it, a bit like Twelve Gauge Valentine or MATSOD. Only far superior to either.
The two biggest highlights of the album are the songs David De La Hoz and The Heavens, the latter's opening is just brilliant, and the former of which features an awesome guest vocalist with shiver inducing lyrics:
And we can be on fire again, you and I, you want this
Well say what you want, say what you mean
But even picking a 'highlight' feels a tad bizarre, because this entire album is just glowing with ingenuity and raw rawness.
Of course, all that being said, The Chariot is completely insane and probably won't attract everyone. They walk that line of amazingness where their pure power can either be a deterrent or an attraction.
Clearly, I'm attracted, but it won't be everyone's cup of tea.
Disappointed? I KNOW YOU ARE
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