Hi there! Have you ever heard Six Feet Under feat. Ice-T ? Sounds weird, I know. But it's great. The song is called "One bullet left". You should give it a chance.
Is it ironic to anyone else that the chorus is about repetition ('Repeating over and over again') and it's practically repeated into the ground? I'm glad they didn't go back to the chorus, that would have been a really bad idea. The breakdown almost made up for how relentlessly repetitive most of the Path came across. Honestly, I'm not usually a fan of their heavy stuff, just because it is usually much more repetitive. If I'm hearing a chorus 4 times in a song, there has to be a variation or two in there. Three of these choruses is more than enough for me (particularly since it's the exact same line repeated twice, so you hear it 6 times here). Overall, it's a pretty decent track with the breakdown (and a very typical, predictable metalcore song without it), but I think Ryan Kirby doing two years of heavy features probably inspired this heavier output a fair bit 🤔
It's a very predictable record where half of the songs lack any real edge, sounding overly produced. And the other half of the songs are heavier but extremely repetitive. It sounds like a record co-written with a producer really into arena rock who never listened to a Fit For a King song in his life and the band decided that that was the sound they wanted to go with, despite the fact that most of their appeal was in creative instrumentals, extended and well pitched vocal runs, and actual raw energy. Which the Path was almost completely devoid of. Where the rest of their catalogue sounds like a band that would mesh well with an August Burns Red or Invent, Animate, the Path sounds like a band wanting to tour with Metallica or Megadeth. And sure, that's a great ambition, but the band is just better than a slightly heavier opening band for a group that has played lip service to 40 year old albums for 2 decades.
@@nolankuffner3573 I appreciate the opinion but I have to disagree I find Ryan to have a super well versed vocal range and I felt he showed it off a bit more with a lot softer areas in the album. It may not have had the edge previous ones did but songs like Vendetta super sick and sharp. Where songs like Louder Voice may lack that edge some fans are missing but when it comes to enjoyable melodies with very captivating lyrics. And personally for me Breaking The Mirror is my favorite FFAK song. As for the overly produced sound I’m not the guy who can argue on that behalf having no musical experience I purely go based off was sounds good to listen to and am less critical on those type of things. That being said I respect your opinion and can tell you’re passionate about it meaning you must love the band. I love this track and every album they have put out and me personally I like a wide array of music so when a band can give me an album very differ from the others I always appreciate even if I don’t prefer the genre it just so happened in the case of The Path I absolutely loved it.
