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Artist: Brandtson Label: Steadfast Records From Six Feet Deep's Myk Porter and Matt Traxler comes this swirling melodic mess of distortion pie. It hits you in the face and boy, is it tasty! Smooth whipped-cream vocal harmonies (compared to Myk's usual grating shouts) set back in the mix, lots of steady, thick guitar filling, and a crumbly crust of drums and bass. Like pie, though, every bite tastes the same (not much song variety), and eventually I had my fill and this is best sampled a few songs at a time. Still, it's heavy enough to be regular snacking for the hardcore fan, and light enough to inspire regular sampling by the more delicate music connoisseur. Here's a lyric teaser, an exhortation to a struggling believer to endure:
hold on brother of mine. try to see yourself from the inside. hold on brother of mine... whatever happened to the reasons why we turned our lives around. are you pretending it was all for nothing and all just wasted time. doesn't that make you a liar. do you remember when we said that we would never be torn away. why can't you understand that what you've done doesn't have to be who you are. (from "Days End")
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