Since I'm not going to have any time for anything this Saturday, I figured I'd write up a quick post now. Consider me caught up at this point.
I originally had a different artist in mind to highlight this time but I haven't had any time to pick the song yet so instead, I decided to keep the rock theme going and highlight a song that's been stuck in my head for the last few days.
I typically don't like a lot of screamo metal music. I like bands that use it sparingly but the ones that use it exclusively I find hard to listen to. However, I love the metal music itself and every so often I either get in a mood where I can tolerate it or find a band that I enjoy regardless. Burden of a Day is one of those bands that I just enjoy.
Now granted, they currently only have three albums and I believe they are broken up at this point in time. And on their last album, OneOneThousand, the only one I'm actually familiar with, they got a new singer who I specifically like. A lot of bands don't usually recover from a lead singer change but Burden of a Day turned out good and I'll talk more about lead singers some other time.
There are two songs by Burden of a Day that I ultimately want to highlight and I hard time deciding between these two favorites. Interestingly enough, the first and last tracks of the album; "Remember" and "My Forfeit" respectively. Even though "Remember" was the song that introduced me to the band, I decided to go with "My Forfeit" because there's less screaming in it, it's the one that's been stuck in my head lately, and because I think "Remember" is slightly better known. It has a music video at least... *shrug*
As for the song itself, it's great metal with driving guitars the whole way through and strong vocals. More albums need to end on amazing songs like this as opposed to slow, ballad endings (which I'm not against at all, but it's a bit overdone lately.) The ending of the song itself is incredible with a building energy all throughout the song and a strong climax at the end. This song needs to be in the movies.
I'll eventually write about "Remember" but for now enjoy "My Forfeit." Expect something completely different next week.
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