Not the best stripped down performance but still a solid finish to a well produced, well recorded and an outstanding effort from a band that has already given so much. My Name: Probably the weakest track on the album, yet I'm sure a lot of people can relate to the lyrics "You're **** wearing me out." Through The Ghost: An acoustically dominated album closer. To sum it up in short: Catchy chorus without the need for Smith to sing notes at the end or out of his range (Which he tends to do quite often) and overall a very instrumentally versatile yet structured song. There really is too much to talk about in my short, yet getting longer review. For My Sake: Where do i start with this song. The only thing i can fault about this track are the lyrics in the chorus, The rhymes seem a bit forced and the cliche lyrics sound like they were rushed.
3/4 time signature, lovely piano work throughout and a soaring chorus. I'll Follow You: A perfectly placed song to catch your attention. Nowhere Kids: High energy angst filled song "Guess who's back and mad as hell, the nowhere kids that wish you well" Miracle: An acoustic driven love song, one of the best tracks on the album. This song deserves and award for the instrumentation alone, The strings really set this song apart from the rest. I'm Not Alright: A great contribution to "Amaryllis". New and old fans will both enjoy this song even though it is one of the weaker tracks on the record. Enemies: This track treads on familiar ground with a guitar riff that reminds you of Shinedown's previous efforts. Not only is this song about "Unity" But more than that, it is unifying. Unity: The melody and lyrics, along with Smith's voice cutting through the mix on this track provide for an incredible uplifting feeling, it's very hard to feel down or alone while listening to this song. Amaryllis is the kind of song that is lucky to come around once in a band's career, but this is not the case for Shinedown, they've done it before and haven't stopped at this song either. Amaryllis : When i first heard this song I had to play it about 5 times before progressing through the album. Bully : Lyrically open for interpretation, no hiding behind metaphors, just a bold message. Adrenaline: The perfect opener for the album, high energy and a familiar sound to get the fans excited. I love the direction that Shinedown is heading in and Rob Cavallo was definitely the right man for the job, when you're looking for an epic production (The Black Parade, Dizzy Up The Girl and The Sound of Madness) he gets the job done right. I love the direction that Shinedown is heading in and Rob Cavallo was definitely Amaryllis is one of the best albums i have heard this year. The guys will then head over to Europe and Canada.Amaryllis is one of the best albums i have heard this year. Shinedown is also taking their new album to their fans live as they are kicking off their 2022 tour, which begins on January 26th in San Francisco, California, and takes the band across the country stopping in cities including Los Angeles, Denver, Las Vegas, Seattle, Columbus, Nashville, Portland and more, before wrapping up their US leg on May 21st in Daytona Beach, Florida.
The new record showcases a whopping twenty new songs, and a press release describes the project as "a high-concept, ultra-vivid, viscerally charged saga. A critical yet optimistic look at the fractures and frays of a society that has undergone many challenges in the last few years, the album is part social commentary and part in-depth exploration of the human psyche." Check out the full track list below.ġ6. Set to be released on April 22nd, Planet Zero is Shinedown's seventh full-length studio album and follows 2018's Attention Attention. The fact is that we’re all here on this planet no matter what, so it’s time to actually move forward together with empathy, perseverance and strength. But we’re starting to see parts of society slip into an unknown.
When you look outside of your phone, you’ll see there are so many people doing good things and trying to take care of each other. In a statement, Brent Smith explained of Shinedown's new music, "If we shut each other down and allow ourselves to be divided by the information we consume and the way we talk to each other, we lose our humanity.
Shinedown is about to bring fans a ton of new music as the band has just announced their brand new album Planet Zero, and shared the first taste of the project via its title track.