11/15/2023 0 Comments It gets dark it gets darker still![]() This is the first song ever where we hear Winston sing in his clean voice so much. She ended up freestyling the whistling in this song. They googled ‘best whistler in the world’ and came to Molly Lewis. Guitarist Jeff Ling thought they would sound good when they were whistled. The whistles in te beginning started as an acoustic track. The pearl of this album and title track ‘ Darker Still’ is quite something. Not being able to perform and see your dream slip though your fingers. Maybe this is the greatest fear of bands. They were actually planning to take a year off. ![]() Parkway Drive stated that they were in a position where they were big enough and had enough back up to be able to come back after two or three years of not performing. It is also written in a dark time during COVID where bands weren’t allowed to perform and a lot of bands were killed so to say. This album is darker than the usual stuff that Parkway Drive releases. Short strums are combined with heavy and short words. But perfection is a hard thing to reach.Īnother single of the album is ‘ The Greatest Fear’. On the other hand, that meant there was lot of time to look back on things and tweak it until there was perfection. On one hand, there was no rush in creating the album. Which was both a blessing and a curse at the same time. Normally, they write their albums in between tours, but there were no tours. With COVID, this was the first time that they didn’t have a deadline. Parkway Drive is a band that will only release their music if they think it sounds good. But they decided to split it and make it two individual songs. Originally, ‘ Ground Zero’ and ‘ Glitch’ were back to back. ![]() It took two years until the song was what is was supposed to be. The song was the first one to be written and the last one to be finished. ‘ Glitch’, one of the singles of this album and one of the hardest songs to write according to Parkway Drive. Winston whispers his lyrics on top of it. Near the end, all goes quiet except for the bass and drums. A heavy repetitive riff during the chorus creates a dark and strong song. ‘ Like Napalm’ makes it’s message clear right from the start. ![]() 30 seconds of mystery lasts until the scream of lead singer Winston McCall unleashes into the classic Parkway Drive sound: metalcore with the lead guitar following the melody of the vocals throughout the song. ‘ Ground zero‘ opens with what sounds like a wind up toy machine. ![]()
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