Words That Burn release new track by track guide for ‘Pyres’
WORDS THAT BURN have released a track by track guide for their upcoming album!
Hailing from Dundalk, Ireland, WORDS THAT BURN have been fusing elements of melodic metal, and alternative rock that are loaded with crushing riffs and soaring choruses as far back as 2010. Their debut EP, Praey, released in June 2013, introduced them as one of Ireland’s most promising contemporary metal bands. Taking musical and sonic influence from bands such as DEFTONES, BRING ME THE HORIZON, SLIPKNOT, NORTHLANE, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, ARCHITECTS and PARKWAY DRIVE, the quartet are forging a wickedly good sound. Ahead of the release of their brand new album, Pyres, later this month, we asked vocalist Roni MacRuairi to give us a track by track breakdown of the album!
Mammon
As the opening track to the record we wanted to go for something with big impact. Huge drum intro going into the aggressive vocal and guitars really sets the scene for the album. It’s an angry song about being set in a certain mind set and being afraid of change. The break down is proper fight music.
Arise
The first single, ARISE is about letting things go. It’s a song heavily influenced by personal and observed mental health issues and dealing with it in our own way.
Riptide
This song comes from an near death experience I had. I almost drowned and it’s about the serenity I experienced when facing the end. There is an obvious duality composition wise as lyrically it’s quite heavy but musically it’s probably the most vibrant.
White Smoke
Basically, this is about pain, mental or physical, inflicted by people that you trust. It specifically pokes holes at the church and the ongoing corruption that is dark and disgusting – yet people will still gather, hope, pray and cheer when they see that white smoke at the Vatican.
Deathgrip
Arguably the heaviest track on the record. The message here is that you don’t need faith to be a good person. So many people put this pressure on themselves to live or act a certain way to please a higher power which ultimately restrains them from being themselves. Reality is, you just have to find that faith in yourself.
Fire In The Air
This was the first track we wrote for the record – before we knew we were writing a record. It’s our perspective on how people worship idols – religions or celebrity – the point where it consumes them.
Between Me And The Buried
I supposed this is about letting old ghosts die. We’ve all had shit in our past be it, bad relationships, bullies, abuse – that can change a person for life. It’s easy to tell someone to get over things – which can be the most impossible thing to do. This song isn’t about forgiveness but it is about not letting the past destroy who you can be.
Shallow Sleep
This was the last song we recorded in the studio and by far the most complex musically and vocally. It’s kind of a metaphor about the pseudo struggle of existing in an online influenced, heavily sedated & blurry world. We are becoming more and more cognitively and sensually detached, yet people are more and more desperate to sell themselves for the love of strangers, to somehow prove their lives mean something.
When We’re Forgotten
We released this as a stand alone track back in May 2018. It was never intended to go on this record but we couldn’t not put it on when it came to the final track selection. Similar to the lyrical message of Shallow Sleep, it’s about being consumed with having a feeling of value even if it means selling yourself to people that don’t really matter. We’ve been force fed and have consumed the idea of fast food celebrity that we have a generation of people focusing on that rather than stuff that is actually important.
A Mortal Call
This song is a fucking rollercoaster musically, lyrically, emotionally. It’s about facing the end and reflecting on life and the internal bipolar conversations that go on each and every day. Am I good enough? Should I say I don’t care so I don’t face disappointment? But there is also comfort there that if you have something to live for, embrace it.
Pyres is set for release on May 28th via self-release.
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