With their combination of metalcore chugging and soaring Gothenburg metal, bring both aggressive fury and harmony on their fifth studio album, For We Are Many. Once again working with producer Adam Dutkiewicz (who also plays guitar for ), the band finds a nice balance between heaviness and harmony, shifting back and forth before between the two rather than pummeling the listener into a corner with the usual riff/breakdown/riff/breakdown formula that’s so common within the genre. What makes the album really interesting are the occasional old-school flourishes that pop up here and there. “For We Are Many” feels like a throwback to the guitar harmonies and d-beat gallop of the NWOBHM, at times evoking hints of and. On “Dead Wrong” and “The Last Time,” drop in -esque groove metal choruses, giving the songs a dash of that old Southern heaviness while giving the listener a break from the rapid-fire double-bass drum onslaught of the other songs. Musical breaks like these not only make For We Are Many a fresh listening experience, but they also prove that the band isn’t restricted to a formulaic good cop/bad cop style of metalcore songwriting, allowing the band to engage listeners who are looking for more than the same old thing. ~ Gregory Heaney. What is this? What am I hearing? I understand that it's a collection of chords and notes and drums and vocals, but those are just its requisite parts. My question, on a much more fundamental level, is what IS this? What is it that All That Remains hoped to project with this new effort 'For We Are Many'? Lyrics to 'For We Are Many' song by All That Remains: Oh yeah! The fire it rages It burns clear in the night Illuminates the path before us Now true our.
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