Well, friends of the Aristocracy! We will now start in all your emotions, the explanations of the songs of the band Final Cry during the album The Ever-Rest.
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1. The Brotherhood Of The Rope
An atmospheric introduction to the album and the theme: the delicately plucked guitar melody grows into a sublime and striking chord progression that forebodingly skims the majestic peaks of the world's highest mountains.
2. The Ever-Rest
Like a storm of snow and ice and in the best At The Gates manner, the album opener "The Ever-Rest" bursts upon the listener. Rugged riffing and furious drumming form the foundation before the moving chorus, accompanied by rousing choruses and polyphonic backing vocals by guest singer Børd Wäsche, lives up to the apt description "anthem". Who, if not the highest mountain in the world, should be sung to like this?
3. Down The Icefall
With the martial midtempo stomper "Down The Icefall", the band continues its course towards the summit. The alternation of oppressive, sluggish rhythms and buzzing polyphonic guitar runs is crowned by a truly epic polyphonic chorus, which unfolds its special charm and magic through the performance of Herbie Langhans, who contributed guest vocals here. Another highlight is the middle section, in which the lead guitars soar skywards in a frenzy.
4. The Beckoning Silence
The following song "The Beckoning Silence" unites all the band's musical trademarks in the form of another anthem: thundering drums, a pumping bass and polyphonic rhythm guitars, sometimes dragging, sometimes driving up to the blast beat - and once again accompanied by highly melodic hooklines from the pen of lead guitarist Eiko, who also contributed backing vocals here, thus building a bridge to the previous album "Zombique".
5. Seven Summits
With "Seven Summits" follows a brute thrash metal steamhammer and forms a counterpoint: high-speed drumming and staccato riffs relentlessly delivered by the rhythm guitars, broken up by classic 80s moshparts and the obligatory gang shouts should bring tears of joy to the eyes and hangovers to the neck muscles of every thrashhead and fan of (early) Slayer or Demolition Hammer.
6. Ascending The Avalanche
"Ascending The Avalanche" is the longest and slowest song in the band's history, a epic doom metal stomper that builds up like an avalanche and buries everything under itself in an epic finale. Two-part guitar runs in Gothenburg style underline the dragging beat, discreetly used acoustic guitars and catchy lead melodies even remind of the epic work of bands like Iron Maiden.
7. Mallory's Mask
Mallory's Mask" is another fast-performing heavy metal anthem with lively and varied rhythms, irresistible melody runs, gripping acoustic and lead guitar parts as well as a multi-voiced heroic tenor contributed by guest singer Børd Wäsche. Song structure and especially the verse riffing are clearly oriented towards the early deeds of Running Wild.
8. Into The Whiteout
"Into The Whiteout" delivers the second "pure" thrash moment on the album. Performed at high speed and punky, the 3-minute song is in the tradition of German thrash metal as celebrated in the 1980s by bands like Destruction or Exumer. The rocking middle section, on the other hand, is reminiscent of more modern black thrash acts of the 21st century.
9. Words Unspoken
The new recording of the title song from the 1994 demo tape "Words Unspoken" also fits in well on "The Ever-Rest" because the passion for "Classic German Metal" by bands like Accept or Grave Digger, which became clearly audible for the first time back then, can also be discerned in the newer works. The opening riff, chorus and song structure are in the tradition of great works such as "Restless And Wild" and "Heavy Metal Breakdown" and, especially live, always encourage you to bang and sing along.
10. This Ending
The album ends with "This Ending" - it is not a new composition but quotes the intro in an inverted order: the pathetically strummed chords underpinned by the plaintive lead melody lead the listeners back from the Everest summit to the valley lowlands, where the softly picked, cleanly played minor tones close the cycle where it began with "The Brotherhood Of The Rope".
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