Chimaira - Pass Out of Existence

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Free Music Notes for Pass Out of Existence

Free Music Review: Awesome, heavy, and actually original debut.
Hit: 5 Stars

1) Let Go (8/10) A very good song, and the samples are great, especially in the chorus. When I first popped this into my CD player and heard this, I was mildly impressed, but I then came to realize that the real value in the album comes later.

2) Dead Inside (9/10) Much better than "Let go". Creepy mood caused by samples, but it falls short of being a favorite due to boring lyrics.

3) Severed (10/10) This is really heavy, and the verses would make one hell of a mosh pit. The screaming does get a little old by the end, though, and it goes a little too long.

4) Lumps (9/10) Screeching keyboards and double-bass drums at the beginning. Great. There's a part before the chorus that features a riff not unlike that from Slipknot's "Prosthetics". The song in general doesn't sound like them though. Love the "I was so, I was so, I was so, I was so ASHAMED!" thing.

5) Pass Out of Existence. (10/10) Opens with a scream that shows you it will be a heavy track. Bass drums are a little crazy and unnecessary. There's some train sound FX and a mellow part near the end that is a pleasant surprise. This CD doesn't feature too much melody as far as the vocals go.

6) Abeo (9/10) Very cool, short guitar and drum intrumental. Very original and creepy. Whispering in the background.

7) Sp Lit (8/10) The verses aren't very good, but I like the funny puking sample they keep playing. Great melodic chorus. May have been a single, though I don't know why. It would actually be my last pick.

8) Painting the White to Grey (11/10) Really heavy older song originally recorded for This Present Darkness. One of the best on the album. The bridge has some really good lyrics about being in the back of puppeteer ballrooms and trying to die and stuff. Really good. Just rocks.

9) Taste My... (11/10) Best melody on the whole album. The chorus has some great singing with some voices in the back saying "You taste my, you taste my tear on your face." One of the best.

10) Rizzo (11/10) Scary, blasting loud, and scream-filled. Really good song. I noticed there's someone named Rizzo on their thank-you list. Maybe it's about them, although from the lyrics in this song I'd say that if it was, they wouldn't thanking them.

11) Sphere (30/10) BEST CHIMAIRA SONG EVER!!!!!! Creepy song with the most ingenious lyrics they have ever come up with. Deals with falling in love with someone that you can never be with, and being so obsessed with them. "Wanting each other more than life". Also, there's no verse-chorus-verse song structure, the song kind of tells a story. It was on This Present Darkness too, but it wasn't as good 'cuz the keyboards and samples make it scarier.

12) Forced Life (10/10) Another great rocker that shows anger toward an ex.

13) Options (9/10) Pretty good, features some Godsmack-like singing in the chorus, and although they suck, this song doesn't.

14) Jade (12/10) Original and epic 13 minute closer. This song is brilliant, and it's so much better than "Implements of Destruction" off of IOR. The first half is a rocking song with the usual theme of anger toward an ex, only mixed with some strange egyptianish mood and something about eyes turning to jade. The next quarter is some guitar feed back. It then finishes off with a creepy, hopeless sounding electronic beat and some final whispered lyrics that make the song a million times better.

A must have for any metal fan. IOR is also worth getting.

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