As Daylight Dies, which offers a bold new vision for hard rock music in 2006 and beyond, was once again recorded in Massachusetts’ Zing Studios, and written relatively quickly in what Jones describes as a “total creative explosion”.
The first single, “My Curse“ is a contrast of light and dark emotions with one of the tastiest, most memorable riffs heard in years, accompanied by the emotive and anguished singing of Jones. “For You” is pure devastation, with Foley’s off-time grooves and bass-drum work offsetting the song’s staccato riffs and snarling vocals that dissolves into a moment of complete beauty. “The Arms Of Sorrow” sets Jones’ soaring, melodic singing against a powerhouse backdrop of machine-gun guitar work and percussive brutality. “Desperate Times” unfolds in cascading waves of guitar texture, its slow rhythms crushing the listener like a tank column. And the title track, its squealing leads and twin-guitar harmonies giving way to a barrage of bass-drums and jagged riffs, buries itself in your skull via Jones’ pleading, melodic chorus. It’s at once the most melodic, harmonic, darkest, heaviest and most urgent-sounding set of tunes in Killswitch’s arsenal – with Jones’ lyrics in particular serving as inspirational statements on the world outside the band’s window.
“There’s definitely some urgency in the album, and a lot of that comes from my feeling there’s so little time to do all the stuff we can to make a difference,” Jones explains. “Just look at the way the world is – it’s just hard to fathom some of the stuff that’s happening out there, some of the atrocities. As for whether this is a ‘political’ record, it’s there in black and white – I’ll let people judge for themselves; but I think if there’s any kind of statement to this record, it’s in the album title: Whether in some large or small way, it’s the idea of just trying to make a difference in your world before the day is over.”
With the members of Killswitch Engage once again raising the bar with their new release, both lyrically and musically, they prepare to tour and initiate the unitiated to their brand of music. “We’ve really gone beyond metal with this record,” says Jones. “We’ve obviously got metal influences, as we always have, but there’s so much melody, and so much diversity, this time around—this is just a weird, amazing little mutt of music we’re making today.”
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» tracklisting
1. As Daylight Dies
2. This Is Absolution
3. The Arms of Sorrow
4. Unbroken
5. My Curse
6. For You
7. Still Beats Your Name
8. Eye of the Storm
9. Break The Silence
10. Desperate Times
11. Reject Yourself
» line up
Howard Jones: Vocals
Adam Dutkiewicz: Guitar
Joel Stroetzel: Guitar
Mike D’Antonio: Bass
Justin Foley: Drums
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Binnenkort wel te downloaden maar vandaag al n paar keer geluisterd; toch wel weer goed (Y). Jones is toch een erg goede zanger op deze plaat en er staan weer een paar bereriffs op. Ook wat beter drumwerk vergeleken met de vorige plaat.
