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And as if those 7 years in between had never existed, "While A Nation Sleeps…" seamlessly connects to its predecessor "The Misery Index: Notes From The Plague Years." Right from the opener "Until Nothing Remains," the guitars of Chad Istvan and Joshua Latshaw power through, while Dan Pelic's sticks create a whirlwind on the drums, and Nathan Gray's vocals hit you right in the ears. The ideal place to listen to the album is, by the way, in the car, where the subwoofer nearly blows out the rear window; in other words, the bass from Robert Ehrenbrand (from Munich!) or Chris Rakus, whoever recorded the album, along with the bass drum, hits particularly hard there. The same goes for the next two hardcore songs "Closure" and "Heads Will Roll," which feature even more screaming and background vocals.
Things get a bit calmer with "Phone Call," the fourth song on the album. After that, the intensity of the songs alternates, sometimes leaning more towards melodic punk rock, sometimes more towards heavy hardcore, but always with a lot of feeling, which does the album a lot of good. Accordingly, the lyrics are also quite direct, with Nathan Gray not holding back. With "Let It Bleed," there is also a song from the second THE CASTING OUT album on the new album; why the guys from the second smallest, but also oldest U.S. state "Delaware" (located between Baltimore and Philadelphia) decided to press the song onto a record again is unfortunately unknown to me. Also unknown to me is the booklet, whether it is a double-sided gray sheet or showcases a massive layout fireworks. That's a shame, and for that, I deduct a point.
Otherwise, the 13 songs run in continuous rotation, every 47 minutes "Until Nothing Remains" starts over again, and preferably in the car :-)
