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Name .:. Godsmack - Lighting Up the Sky
Genre : Rock
Source : CDDA
Type .:. Album
Artist : Godsmack
Label : Bmg Rights Management (Warner)
Titel : Lighting Up the Sky
Tracks : 11
Playtime : 49:31
Size : 99,56 MB
Encoder : VBRNEW - LAME3.100 - V0
Quality : VBR kbps / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo
Bitrate : avg. 280kbps
[ Tracklist ]
01.You and I 05:17
02.Red White & Blue 04:05
03.Surrender 03:41
04.What About Me 03:55
05.Truth 04:33
06.Hell's Not Dead 04:51
07.Soul on Fire 04:05
08.Let's Go 05:40
09.Best of Times 03:36
10.Growing Old 05:02
11.Lighting Up the Sky 04:46
Total 49:31 Min
If the eighth album from Godsmack is, as vocalist
Sully Erna suggests, the bandÆs last, then the
Boston quartet picked a heck of a way to go out.
While the band isnÆt retiring, Erna has said itÆs
permanently leaving the studio to do more things the
members have wanted to do for a long time, while the
band is happy with the hits it already has at shows.
While the merits of the decision can be debated, the
band delivers on a powerful swan song on Lighting Up
the Sky, if indeed it turns out to the end of the
line for new recordings.
Over nearly three decades, Godsmack has built its
reputation on a core sound. Akin to contemporaries
like Disturbed or Nickelback, the hard rockers have
thrived on riff-heavy machismo anthems. While
Lighting Up the Sky isnÆt a dramatic departure from
that blueprint, the album presents it in a different
way. For starters, the record has a much more
organic sound. The guitars are raw and biting, the
drumming powerful but spacious and the bass playing
warms the rhythm section. It sounds like a musicians
playing together.
With most of the tracks clocking in upward of four
or five minutes, the record also gives space for the
musicians to flex their muscles. Case in point, the
bluesy hard rock swagger of opener ôYou and Iö is
built around a heavy riff, but guitarist Tony
Rombola gets ample time to deliver a compelling and
lyrical solo.
ôRed, White, and Blueö is maybe the most Godsmack-
sounding track on the record, built on American
bravado and a fighting spirit.
ôI stand in the trenches/ Side by side for the free/
Snd IÆll fight for you/ Just donÆt you tread on me,ö
Erna growls.
On the other hand, single ôSurrenderöabsolutely
soars, maybe the bandÆs best lead release in years.
Mixing a classic rock sensibility with jumpy
urgency, Erna tops it off with a cutting, aggressive
vocal that explodes when the song moves into its
melodic and fist-pumping chorus. The dynamic ôWhat
About Meö keeps up the pace, building from a whisper
to a scream.
ôWhat if I never loved?/ What if I stayed the same?/
What am I worth if I can make that change?ö Erna
asks.
Lighting Up the Sky is a concept album of sorts,
documenting a journey through a variety of
interpersonal relationships, from love and loss to
politics.
For as much as Godsmack is known for heaviness, the
bandÆs ballads may be just as impressive. The first
of the album arrives with ôTruth,ö a piano-driven
tale of heartbreak and betrayal. The chorus mixes
Alice-in-Chains-like harmonies with a heavy dose of
strings and other orchestral touches. RombolaÆs solo
is triumphant, elevating it to another level, before
Erna carries it home with a tight vocal.
ôHellÆs Not Deadö manages to toe the line between
the authentic Godsmack sound and the albumÆs classic
rock aesthetic. Rombola shines again with a
blistering bluesy solo that does everything right.
ôSoul On Fireö has a punk/thrash drive and
infectious melody. ôLetÆs Go!ö digs even deeper into
a sound that mixes blues rock with Black Sabbath.
The track jumps back and forth between half speed
and regular tempo, Erna belting aggressively.
The anthemic ôBest Of Timesö is a thank you card of
sorts to fans and anyone else thatÆs helped the band
along the way. Enra offers thanks for the patience
and an apology for his behavior in the early days,
when he wasnÆt easy to work with. ôGrowing Oldö is
ErnaÆs shining moment on the album. The song flies
high with some of his most compelling vocals on the
record. The song builds on piano early on but grows
to fill a massive soundscape.
Godsmack then closes things out with a jumping title
track, Erna even mixing in lyrics from some of the
bandÆs past hits like ôStay Awayö and ôVoodooö as
the album fades. Will this be the last new material
we hear from Godsmack? Only time will tell, but for
now thereÆs plenty for fans to gravitate toward on
this (potentially) final relrease.
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