Band: August Burns Red
Song: Truth of A Liar
Album: Messengers
Label: Solid State Records

August Burns Red’s The Truth Of A Liar hits you right off the bat with dueling guitars that a crisp in their abuse of highs and lows while taking you on blistering runs through fret board marathons. The Truth Of A Liar clearly has components that will encourage all of those still familiar with circle pits to swarm to the occasion while also boasting breakdowns that will not disappoint your inner karate kid. The drums and guitars are so on point you’d think that the instruments were harvested from a magically sprouted beanstalk and once crafted embarked upon a journey to find the hands designed to unfurl their brutal bounty. August Burns Red shows a depth of talent in their attention to detail and the intrigue in contrasts that plays throughout the development of The Truth Of A Liar.

August Burns Red - The Truth Of A Liar
Allow what’s done to preach new insight to your life.
Hindsight is perfect vision.
The past is easiest to see.
Clear a path.
Stand aside.
We’re carrying the torch now.
There’s no stopping us.
You think you’re everything to everyone.
Go ahead.
Partake in it.
Justify it.
Become engulfed in it.
It will eat you alive.
This is not a one way road.
You’re headed for the dead end.
You might think you’re everything to everyone.
Well pardon me if I intrude.
You’re not a perfect man in a perfect world.
Look at where your ignorance has brought you.
All this will be buried.
Like the fall of Rome, you will come crashing down.
The truth hurts, but denial’s what will kill you.
All that you loved, all that you treasure, will pass with time.
Blinded by the inability to see beyond flesh and blood.
Shifting blame with a log in your eye.
Insisting that a string tied to your limbs is what’s to blame.
Suck it up and bite the bullet.

Band: With Blood Comes Cleansing
Song: Hematidrosis
Album: Horror
* To be released 1.22.09
Label: Un-signed? Victory Records/Blood & Ink Records
* Currently On Tour Locally

The Dictionary defines Hematidrosis as (n.) the excretion of blood or blood pigment in the sweat.

With Blood Comes Cleansing’s Hematidrosis will assault you with a decadent interweaving of contrasts crafted by the vocals which transition from piercingly serpentine to dominatingly guttural and even a punk like call to arms. You will be continually battered by guitar play that is plenty beefy, always blazing and will take you on local tours through the fret board. If you desire some double bass, these drums are on point and will deliver the goods. Overall the song Hematidrosis is crisp, offers intriguing variety, plenty brutal and leaves me hungry for more.

Hematidrosis
(Mark 14:32-42, Luke 22:39-46)
As mortal death was at the door, the night seemed darker than before.
Silence but no peace, visions of agony. The sweat and blood pour out,
hemorrhaging from the pores of His body. Rise up, the betrayer is at
hand. The Son of Man betrayed into the hands of sinners. Innocent blood
will be shed by the hands of the guilty. As mortal death was at the
door, the night seemed darker than before. The sweat and blood pour out,
hemorrhaging from the pores of His body.