Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Trystan's Best #24: Comeback Kid - Wake The Dead

Released: February 22nd, 2005

Hardcore is a music of virtuous appetite and searing indictment, and Wake The Dead is no exception. This epic, hook-filled album begins high with "False Idols Fall" and reaches a stratospheric level with "Wake The Dead", which uses imagery of zombies to drive home a message of shattered faith and disappointment. And besides all this metaphorical-theme babble, the title track is just a fantastic hardcore song, with gang vocals that practically redefine gang vocals, it could probably have your grandma screaming "RIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSEEEE!" before the final chorus. While at times the songs venture into cliche territory lyrically speaking, they are never without honesty and conviction.

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