The Great Fire is the seventh studio album by Orange County, California metal core band Bleeding Through, distributed by Rise Records, it was recorded throughout the majority of the second half of 2011 and features 14 new tracks. The album opens up with the tracks “The March” and “Faith In Fire” which do an incredible job of setting the tone for the album, which can be described as the calm before the storm. The heavy guitar, drum beat and the keyboard mesh together in the track “Goodbye To Death”, it’s the sort of song that sounds like it will be a great song to have the crowd opening pits up.
The album features a lot of songs, however, that feature clean vocals that unfortunately come off as unfitting to the song. To name an example, the songs “Final Hours” and “Trail Of Seclusion”, the clean vocals doesn’t fit the intensity of the song and inadvertently kills the tone the song began with. Nonetheless, the high points of the album greatly outweigh the lows; fans will greatly appreciate the evolution the band has put forth into this new effort. The fusion between the guitar, intense drumming and unique keyboard is delivered flawlessly into all of the songs. The album ends on an intense note with the song “Back To Life” which features an excellent bridge ending with a perfect a cappella blend of clean and scream vocals ultimately ending with clean vocals. A fitting and ironic end from a heavy album, fans who liked their previous efforts will be pleased with “The Great Fire”. You can purchase “The Great Fire” on Itunes, Amazon and see future tour dates on Bleeding Through’s official website.
Bleeding Through Is:
Brandan Schieppati (Vocals)
Marta Peterson (Piano & Keyboards)
Brian Leppke (Guitar)
Dave Nassie (Guitar)
Derek Youngsma (Drums)
Ryan Wombacher (Bass)
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