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La band metalcore che ha venduto di più. Con “Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses” e poi, soprattutto con “The Curse” gli Atreyu sono diventati portatori di un genere musicale. “A Death-Grip On Yesterday”. Così è intitolata la loro ultima fatica.
Sicuri di avere alle spalle una casa discografica tanto importante quanto attenta alle vendite (la Victory Records) la formazione di Orange County ha scelto di cambiare un po’ le carte in tavola. La campagna promozionale è stata, e lo è tutt’ora, imponente. La copertina è bellissima, l’artwork altrettanto.
Se è vero che la lunghezza non va di pari passo con l’effettiva bellezza del disco bisogna però dire, per dovere di cronaca, che l’album è composto da appena nove tracce per la durata di circa trentadue minuti. Un po’ pochini a dir la verità. L’album rasenta la perfezione a livello di produzione e mixaggio, basti pensare che dietro alle macchine c’è un certo Josh Abraham…
“Exs and Ohs” primo singolo della band fa notare il primo grosso e più importante cambiamento vale a dire la massiccia presenza della voce melodica di Brandon Saller che è anche il batterista. Simile al primo singolo,almeno sotto il punto di vista della composizione è “Shameful”. “Our Sick Story” e “We Stand Up” non sfigurerebbero invece nei precedenti vecchi lavori in quanto in queste due tracce si accelera notevolmente il ritmo e Alex Varkatzas ritorna a vomitare nel microfono mentre al buon Seller gli spetta solo il chorus com’è giusto che sia.
Da notare comunque,che per la prima volta che anche lo screamer (Alex appunto) è capace di cantare. In “My Fork in The Road (your knife in my back)” c’è un assolo, tra l’altro molto bello, di chiara scuola Maideniana. Come già detto in precedenza la voce melodica e lineare del batterista ha preso il sopravvento in questo disco ma mai ci si poteva aspettare dagli Atreyu una vera e proprio ballad. Ebbene sì, per la prima volta la band scrive una canzone lenta. Il titolo è “The Theft” e lascio a voi l’ardua sentenza.
Nella scena metalcore nascono gruppi come funghi e come funghi vengono inghiottiti gli Atreyu invece sono lì, ancora stabili e, che piaccia o meno, continuano ad essere la band metalcore per eccellenza.
Per gli altri, solo briciole.
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01 Creature (02:59)
Go, run away in distress
Try to hide from what's
Creeping and crawling and stabbing within!
Try to deny the turmoil inside
If you fight yourself hard enough
You'll never win any ounce of serenity
Or a calm hope at best
Or a calm hope at best
Can leave you heaving on the floor
Gasping for breath,
Are you gasping for breath?
To be left on the floor gasping for breath
You're either the person you are
Or the person you're trying, trying, trying, trying to be
Don't let the outside sway too far
From where you want to be
And at any cruel moments notice
You can ruin the best
As your body is brutally pressed
Against the confines of your tense flesh
And if you close your eyes tight enough
Then none of the bad can get, none of the bad can get in
And if you close your eyes tight enough
Then none of the light can get, none of the light can get in
The light can't get in, the light can't get in!
Boom! You scream as the light hits you
It radiates throughout your whole soul
Boom! The pain is clarity, it cleanses
And if it still fucking hurts
Then you still fucking know,
That you are still alive,
That you are still in control, if you would only take hold
Boom! The day with both hands, a death grip
And a good chance to outlive your past
Are you living free, are you living free?
You're either the person you are
Or the person you're trying, trying, trying, trying to be
Don't let the outside sway too far
From where you want to be
You're either the person you are
Or the person you're trying, trying, trying, trying to be
Don't let the outside sway too far
From where you want to be
02 Shameful (03:29)
You should have ran for days
You embrace, you betray
I am sad to say, you're a sad cliche
But when you ran you tripped and fell
On a path that led you straight to hell!
This is the salt in your wounds
This is why I told you so
If you knew, what I know
Would you move, like you do
With malicious discontent you went about
hellbent to destroy but did you have a reason why?
Here's to lowering caskets of old friends,
Choice and consequence, we'll birth a new day
With the death of an old and start over, start over
Here's to burying hatchets in those who,
You never call your friends, we'll birth a new day
With the death of an old and start over, start over
Can you breathe in, reach in and let it out
The evil inside, that's eating you out, tonight!
With every venomous move,
I will suck you up and spit you out
Get out of my life, get out of my sight!
Here's to lowering caskets of old friends,
Choice and consequence, we'll birth a new day
With the death of an old and start over, start over
Here's to burying hatchets in those who,
You never call your friends, we'll birth a new day
With the death of an old and start over, start over
You let yourself get carried away
Don't act like you're ashamed
You let yourself get carried away
Bow your head now accept the blame
You let yourself get carried away
Bury this with you a waste
And now it's time to see, what you don't mean to me
Now it's time to see what you don't mean to me
Now it's time to see what you don't mean
Here's to lowering caskets of old friends,
Choice and consequence, we'll birth a new day
With the death of an old and start over, start over
Here's to burying hatchets in those who,
You never call your friends, we'll birth a new day
With the death of an old and....
04 The Theft (03:58)
He bends and he breaks
If he gives they will take away
His passion, his pain, his grace
He exhales
A thousand black flowers explode
Into butterflies as they're away
Rip them out, take them
Burn to coals as they crush him
Leave nothing that
Resembles a soul of a man
(See him numb, see him crushed)
See him numb, see him crushed
Rip them out, take them
Burn to coals as they crush him
Leave nothing that
Resembles a soul of a man
(Leave him numb, leave him crushed)
Leave him numb, leave him crushed
Took the fire inside one too many times
He's burning over and out as he flails
Up against the raging tides
No more sides
Everything you ever wanted to see
See it in his eyes
One more time, one more time
Climb down to test the waters
My hands feel like their rusting away yeah
So I'll pace around like a lamb before the slaughter
I'll stay here, as long as you let me
Decisions been made obvious, so I will return
Where I started, I'll stay there
Unfinished
I'll wither away
Rip them out, take them
Burn to coals as they crush him
Leave nothing that
Resembles a soul of a man
(See him numb, see him crushed)
See him numb, see him crushed
Rip them out, take them
Burn to coals as they crush him
Leave nothing that
Resembles a soul of a man
(Leave him numb, leave him crushed)
Leave him numb, leave him crushed
06 Ex's and Oh's (03:31)
You took me home
I drank too much
Because of you, my liver turned to dust
Cold rust taste a cruel creeping cold pain
Do you understand what I mean?
When you feel your soul drop to the floor
Like a hole, like an open bleeding sore
Then you'll have bled like I've bled
And you'll have wept as I've wept
Suck me down, it's time to rock and roll
Let's hit the bar, let's lose control
One false move; you took me home
One false move; you're all alone
But it looks so good, and it feels so nice
I paid the price
I'll cut you out, just hear you scream
Get away from, get away from me
And I can feel my heartbeat racing
As I realize what I must do
Get away from, get away from, get away from you.
I should have turned and ran like hell
The last time I got a taste of you
I should have turned and ran like hell
And I'll see we're through
I should have turned and ran like hell
The Last time I got a taste of you
I should have turned and ran like hell
And I'll see we're through
And I'll see we're through
You fell upon me like a plague
Weakness [sweet weakness]
But I digress
After all this, you're just like all the rest
Suck me down, it's time to rock and roll
Let's hit the bar, let's loose control
One false move; you took me home
One false move; you're all alone
07 Your Private War (03:33)
For my whole life, I have been burning down bridges
My only problem was foresight
I was standing on them, I never looked down
And now I am, knee deep in your bullshit
If you're ready for battle then I'm ready for war
So we can dance if you want lies
How easily we are deceived, how easily we believe lies
For will not run out of ammo, no more bowing my head
If every day is another slug, I will pull them out of my...
I will not run out of ammo, no more bowing my head
For every day is another slug, I will pull them out of my chest!
So raise your voices and hold your hopes up high
Tell your stories, run your mouth, and tell your lies!
After all this time, don't wash my blood off of your hands
Let it crack and stain you, so the outside can match the in
Oh does it make you the fucking toast of the town
To pull yourself up, on those you're always putting down
So raise your voices and hold your hopes up high
Tell your stories run your mouth and tell your lies
So raise your voices and hold your hopes up high
Tell your stories run your mouth and tell your ...
You cursed my name, burned down my house
As I bear my soul you cast your doubt, and I can live without
You're passing judgement, (you're passing judgement) with side long glances (with side long glances)
Am I spitting hairs or do I dare to say, you've had your chances
You're passing judgement, with side long glances
Am I spitting hairs or do I dare to say, you've had your chances
So raise your voices and hold your hopes up high
Tell your stories run your mouth and tell your lies
So raise your voices and hold your hopes up high
Tell your stories run your mouth and tell your lies
Curse my name,
Curse my name,
Curse my name,
Curse my name,
Fuck!
08 My Fork in the Road (Your Knife in My Back) (03:25)
So here we are again
The same fork in the road
I hate you, you love me
This story's getting old
The day that I opened up
You shut me out for good
Forgive, forget, fuck you
You are a liar and a whore
So take what you want and leave
You'll never get another part of
I remember the day that
I thought I would be free
I poured out my soul to you
Exposed everything
Next thing I know
My hearts broke
My hand, it's much the same
I did my best to drink you away
Chorus:
So take what you want and leave
You'll never get another part of
You are poison on man's lips
Lured in by the curves of your hips
Come here boy, stand by me
Look my way, have another drink
I should have got up
I should have got up and left you
And I will never be your lover again
As far as I'm concerned, we are not even friends
This might not seem too subtle to you
The point I'm trying to make is we are completely through
Chorus
09 Untitled Finale (05:17)
You put a bullet in my head
Turned black thoughts to red
This could all end in tragedy
I dream of your death, lay you down to rest
I won't look back in fond memory
But time marches on like a soldier
Are you a killer?..I think I know what you are
A thief in the night and though it's taking me so very long to figure you out
You're throwing stones
Your glass castle is falling down
On top of your good times
I'm not interested in working this out
You put a bullet in my head
Turned black thoughts to red
This could all end in tragedy
And that's what you are
A sad plastic fucking mess!
Don't come to me with how you're tired
Used up and just barely getting by
Because I would walk on by and not even, not even kick you when you're down
Though you would deserve it
Because you are lower than the lowest dog
But this is the part where I say goodbye!
And let the sands of time blow over us
Say goodbye and let the sands of time blow over us!
You've never had to crawl,
You never had to see what it feels like
To be so trapped underneath
The weight of someones world
Comes crashing down on me
I was longing to be free
I put the bullet in you and me!
This is my farewell to you and I
This will all end in tragedy
This is my farewell to you and I
This will all end in tragedy (3)
This could all end in tragedy
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