Rainbow Death Rocket is back with a new release entitled A Thousand Words.The band consists of two members Q and Adam. Q handles all the music while Adam is the singer. This is a rock album that is primarily focused on hard rock and metal. The album is around an hour long and full of pulsating grooves and riffs.
They open with “Dead Man’s Blood” which is a rocking song. There are fuzzy drones that pulsate and you just know something is about to happen. It does when the drums come in and snaps the groove into place. The song is catchy and the vocals sound great. I loved the guitar work around the two-minute mark. It’s an awesome opener which sets the stage for the rest of the songs. “Sometimes (That’s All I Want)” is a highlight. The harder distorted riffs work well against the texture and tone of the vocals. It’s a dynamic song with a serene breakdown that leads to a more aggressive and metal section. The song deals with a lot of things including suicidal ideation. “Resurrected” is a banger. This song reminded me more of ’90s grunge bands. Alice In Chains came to mind. There are some very cool effects on this song including a warping noise that seemed to be some sort of modulation. The vocalist hits it out of the park. “Maswac” comes a little closer to a band like Queens of the Stone Age. That being said I’m not sure how much ’80s metal influenced them but that was in there too. There’s some great work and a rolling bass line that makes the song dynamic. I also thought the background effects which sound like ethereal vocals were really well done.The guitar solo absolutely shreds. “Wanna Be” has a different emotional resonance to it. It was one of my favorites on the album. It’s pensive, melancholy and has a chorus that absolutely soars. “Running” has this feeling like it’s building with a menacing energy. The song is explosive and some of the riffs are so cool and again felt like a throwback to when metal was in its prime. One of the more pop-oriented tracks is “Everything You Ever Knew” which is one of the more pop oriented songs. It might be the catchiest vocal melody on the album. There’s some very cool guitar work on this song as well. “Killing Time” contains this incredible rock opera like sound while “Last Days” is another banger with that lead guitar tone you don’t hear as often anymore. As the album starts to come to a close I thought there were a number of highlights. “Tomorrow Goodbye” was great with the closer “A Thousand Words” being a highlight. This is a great album and even better than their debut. Fans of some of the aforementioned bands will want to check this out.
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