Only a few songs to go which is a shame as I’m truly enjoying this album and I don’t want it to end but ‘For My Sake’ makes me forget it’s coming to an end with a straight up rocker, and once again massive production that kicks the song into another gear. This is a big song that starts as a piano track and builds into an emotionally driven huge power ballad style song, it’s a winner.
The orchestra we’ve heard in some previous tracks returns for ‘I’ll Follow You’ and it’s once again a good marriage, they should have kids. ‘Miracle’ is my pick on the album, listen to it, love it.
AMARYLLIS SHINEDOWN SONGS WINDOWS
This is an all-around perfectly created rock song and if it isn’t a hit then I’ll be more surprised than the time I found out that I could click the top banner of my folders on windows and it took me to the previous folder. Now, for me there’s always one track that absolutely sticks out above the others on an album, and on ‘Amaryllis’ for me even though I mentioned ‘Unity’ before, it’s ‘Miracle’ that takes the cake. Although odds on ‘Adrenaline’ would kick the shows off but hey, they can change it up every now and then. I dig ‘Nowhere Kids’ again, this is a perfect song to be performed live and I can see it being a show opener, it would suit it perfectly. ‘Enemies’ has a groove to it that is heavy and flows into ‘I’m Not Alright’ complete with horn section, yes, horn section, and is most definitely a toe tapper with a different kind of feel to any previous Shinedown song but it works, I like it more and more each time I listen to it. These are the kinds of songs that give me goose bumps, I guess that’s what music does to some people, but this one is a stand out, by far. Second and newest single ‘Unity’ is a great message and the production on this one is monstrous, this is one that I can see being played live and just blowing the roof off when it hits that chorus with thousands of hands in the air. Title track ‘Amaryllis’ is a perfect mid tempo rocker with a huge chorus and destined to be a single from the album, if not then someone needs a talking to. This song gives us somewhat of a new sound for Shinedown with an almost industrial style sound resonating through it at times and Zach Myers’ guitar tone sounds amazing on this one, I mean, I love the song and it showcases the powerful voice of singer Brent Smith and any song that can do that is OK by me. You may have already heard the first single ‘Bully’ lifted from the album and it’s strong lyrical content, a great move from the band, a great message and one that hopefully continues to be talked about. ‘Adrenaline’ is the perfect way to get this album started, it’s a rocker (as they all are) but this sets the tone for what is to come and it only gets better, for me its reminiscent of ‘Devour’ from ‘The Sound of Madness’ and we all know how good that song is. This is the band’s fourth album and is it fair to say it could be their finest to date? Guess we’ll see at the end of it, but after hmm… maybe 12 listens through it so far, I guess you could say I’m pretty impressed. It’s been four long years since we last had a new album from US Rockers Shinedown and thankfully we now have some brand new music from them in the form of ‘Amaryllis’. In 25 words or less: “This is truly a great rock album, every song is as good as the next and it’s one that I’ll happily continue to listen to.”
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