Still Remains - The Serpent
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Artist: Still RemainsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-08-07
Music Label: Alternative Distribution Alliance
Soundtracks:
- The Serpent
- The Wax Walls Of an Empty Room
- Stay Captive
- Anemia In Your Sheets
- Maria
- Dropped From the Cherry Tree
- Dancing With the Enemy
- The River Song
- Sleepless Nights Alone
- An Undesired Reunion
- Avalanche
Free Music Notes for The Serpent
Free Music Review: An amazing, timeless album for fans of music of all genres
Hit: 5 Stars
The Serpent is Still Remains' sophomore album and the follow- up to their 2005 album Of Love and Lunacy. It takes the album's hard-hitting metalcore sound which, for many fans, defined Still Remains, and expands upon it, bringing in elements of hard and soft rock, pop, and more metal.
The opening title track is a two minute instrumental, which begins with the keyboards that accentuate and define Still Remains, and introduces guitar and an exciting and suspenseful drum beat which set the listener up for the rest of the album. The Wax Walls of an Empty Room is a heavy song with a melodic chorus throughout, Stay Captive (the first single) is a hard rock song with a metalcore-inspired breakdown, and Anemia in Your Sheets takes thrash riffs and adds melodic interludes to round out the beginning of the album. The next track, Maria, is a soft song which builds into an emotional ending.
Dropped from the Cherry Tree is a fast and exciting headbanging song, which I believe really brings out the best of all the heavy aspects of Still Remains. The next four songs, Dancing with the Enemy, The River Song, Sleepless Nights Alone, and An Undesired Reunion set a more pop-inspired tone, with all but The River Song being completely devoid of vocalist TJ Miller's signature screaming. Avalanche, the lyrics inspired by role-playing video game Final Fantasy VII, is one of the heaviest songs Still Remains has ever written, and brings the album to a close.
Fans of hard rock and heavy metal, with an open mind for music inspired by other genres would do well to check this album out. It's different from Of Love and Lunacy, but great in its own way, and still retains the heavy metalcore aspect Still Remains' fans have come to know and love.
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Ask Still Remains, the young Grand Rapids, MI band, about what the last two years have been like and they'll begin by telling you how much they've grown as people and musicians. I've grown up a lot, explains vocalist T.J. Miller. I feel like I've come into my own as a songwriter. I haven't been afraid to write about things that I might have only alluded to on the last record. My lyrics have always been personal, but the new stuff is deeper, subjects I needed to and wanted to get out. Produced by Steve Evetts (Story Of The Year, Lifetime, Saves The Day) and mixed by Logan Mader (ex-Machine Head, ex-Soulfly guitars), The Serpent palatably demonstrates the culmination of the last two years of Still Remains' efforts and experiences. With a new line-up intact, Still Remains have written their best music to date. While songs like `Stay Captive' and `Dancing With The Enemy' showcase the band's versatility and musical growth towards the more alternative, songs like `The Wax Walls Of An Empty Room' confirm that the band will continue to hold their footing within the metal community.Alternative Rock Music CDs
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