Blessthefall - Witness

Title: Witness
Artist: Blessthefall
Genre: Hardcore
Release Date: 6th October 2009
Label: Fearless Records



Album Review

BLESSTHEFALL was nothing but your average high school teenagers with one thing on their mind: music! After a series of practice sessions that consisted of guitarist Mike Frisby, drummer Matt Traynor, vocalist Craig Mabbitt and bassist Jared Warth, their founder Miles Bergsma had left to attend college, and the band had gone off to unleashed a three-track EP in mid-2005, adding guitarist Eric Lambert to form an out-standing solid line-up.

Once the EP was over, the next accomplishment for these youngsters was on the horizon and led them to release ‘His Last Walk’ (2007) that caused vocalist Craig Mabbit to depart and leave the band. The remaining musicians had to fill in as the band embarked on numerous amounts of touring routes. This minor discharge didn't stop BLESSTHEFALL from performing yet alone recording and writing their follow-up ‘Witness’ returning with a whole new style and by adding Beau Boken as front man, the band had seen the light again by releasing the following 12-track CD.

‘God Wears Gucci’, ‘To Hell and Back’, ‘We'll Sleep When We're Dead’ along with ‘What's Left Of Me’ have all been featured upon the band's MySpace page causing a major uproar for all to enjoy and compare their previous achievements. But unlike the past, the present is among us and these song selection takes on a whole new exposure to what BLESSTHEFALL is aiming towards, which is creating a unique but classy style moulding to their much earlier works but this newer material expands itself further along as far as lyrics and music compression goes.

‘Witness’ partakes in a whole new direction one being the direction they’ve been aiming towards for the longest time. When you break down this album a series of clashes occur of the band’s past and present demands. The music and lyrics directly speak to you as the music overwhelms the listeners causing a series of upbeat and rather catchy undertones that overlap the music itself.


Tracklist

01. 2.0
02. What's Left Of Me
03. To Hell & Back
04. God Wears Gucci
05. Hey Baby, Here's That Song
06. Witness
07. Last Ones Left
08. Five Ninety
09. We'll Sleep When We're Dead
10. Skinwalkers
11. You Deserve Nothing & I Hope You Get Lies
12. Stay Still


Line-up

Beau Bokan
Mike Frisby
Eric Lambert
Jared Warth
Matt Traynor


Website

http://www.myspace.com/blessthefall


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