One of the biggest bands in this modern fairytale is back…Rise Against captured many hearts with their modern mix of hardcore and punk and influenced a whole range of bands to follow in their steps, but there can only be one original…

 

Tim is one hell of a singer and can easily be considered to be one of the best vocalists of today’s scene, it’s his voice that gives Rise Against their well deserved status.

 

So the big question was if ‘The sufferer and the witness’ wasn’t gonna be a sell-out disc for those big money bags. You can rest assured, the band picks up where ‘A siren song for the counter culture’ ended. ‘Never change a winning team’ is what the band must’ve thought and they’re right!

 

Songs like ‘Chamber the cartridge’ and ‘Ready to fall’ are so typical Rise Against. The mix of aggressive and melodic vocals with a huge chorus. And that’s where the band scores it’s points…the choruses are so damn good! Normally I would hate this kind of music cuz it lacks simplicity and it's kinda trendy…gotta gimme some chorus…Rise Against delivers, listen to ‘Under the knife’, ‘Diaspora’ and ‘Behind closed doors’ and bow for this kind of perfection. I could easily sum up the rest of the songs and give you some more details, but they're all so damn good...gotta get this one in your hands asap!

 

Excellent lyrics that are well worth your attention and as usual the main theme is politics and all them bad stuff happening in today’s wicked world, I’m not gonna get into them in this review, gotta read ‘em yourself you lazy bum :).

 

I’m sure Rise Against is only gonna get bigger and bigger and along with Ignite’s ‘Our darkest days’, ‘the sufferer and the witness’ is thé highlight of 2006 in this genre so far.

Score: 90/100

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Gepost door: wout3 Gepost: 31-07-06 10:44:02 jep! Gepost door: gregg Gepost: 31-07-06 14:09:43 Hij zit er recht op , je kan hem blijven en blijven beluisteren Gepost door: neppunker Gepost: 02-08-06 12:51:01 Best leuke cd, vind Our Darkest Days toch een stuk beter. Gepost door: bigfish Gepost: 02-08-06 12:52:03 Absoluut een goed album.. na hem nu een paar keer helemaal geluisterd te hebben, blijf ik hem opzetten Gepost door: reneejdanones Gepost: 03-08-06 10:47:05 Leuke cd, maar Rise Against moet wel oppassen dat ze niet aan het Pennywise-syndroom (10 keer nagenoeg dezelfde cd uitbrengen) gaan leiden.. Gepost door: cleany Gepost: 04-08-06 14:55:13 Gepost door neppunker op 02-08 om 12:51 Best leuke cd, vind Our Darkest Days toch een stuk beter. dat is geen Rise Against sjaak! Gepost door: cleany Gepost: 04-08-06 14:56:13 Quote One of the biggest bands in this modern fairytale is back…Rise Against captured many hearts with their modern mix of hardcore and punk and influenced a whole range of bands to follow in their steps, but there can only be one original… ja en dat is 88 Fingers Louie... Gepost door: davidpoison Gepost: 05-08-06 19:10:21 nu kan je zeveren zoveel je wil, maar hun ex-band heeft toch weinig te maken met het huidige succes... en ik heb het over de sound van rise against...