This article was automatically translated by AI.
However, one must be careful when searching for AFTER THE FALL on the internet (my information about/from the band was unfortunately once again sparse). In addition to the East Coast guys, there is another band of the same name from Australia. Both bands have released 4 albums so far, are a quartet, play under the broad umbrella of "rock," and were founded in the year 2000. So there are many parallels, so be cautious when buying records!
But now AFTER THE FALL from Albany (the capital of New York State) are hitting me with their fifth album "Dedication" (dedicated to their deceased former bassist Brian J. Peters) for the first time with their powerful music in my ears. You definitely can't just stand still with the 10 songs! Musically, it feels like a hurricane is coming at you and blowing you away; the best remedy for that => pogo...! So let's get into the mosh pit!
No worries about stamina, 9 of the 10 songs are only around 2 minutes (±40 seconds), so everyone should be able to handle that in the mosh pit ;-) At the same time, this (besides the sparse information, no booklet, no lyrics, nothing...) is the only downside of this album; after 18 minutes, the fun is already over. Way too fast! A few more songs would have raised my thumbs even higher!
Musically, AFTER THE FALL is thus somewhere between GOOD RIDDANCE, LAGWAGON, NOFX, and BAD RELIGION. So overall => Awesome!
Unfortunately, I don't have any lyrics, so I can't say anything about that. Too bad. Also, current videos cannot be played in Germany on YouTube, thanks to GEMA. But I was able to find a video from the last album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nddm_UsEdos
Looks like a lot of fun on and in front of the stage ;-)
Actually, "Dedication" deserves the highest score. But I can't give that for the reasons mentioned :-(
Unfortunately, unfortunately..... (the word "unfortunately" appears very often in this review)
