SWIFT - The Worst Of All Things
Possible (NEW*LIM.500*US PROG/THRASH ROCK/METAL*KILLSWITCH ENGAGE)
Divebomb Records 2020 - Brandew
Limited 500 CD US Prog/Thrash Metal / Rock for Fans of Killswitch Engage,
Deftones, Slipknot or Disembodied
Formed in Winston-Salem, NC in
1998, SWIFT delivered a unique style right out of the gate, drawing upon
influences ranging from Foo Fighters and Radiohead to Metallica and Pantera.
Early success garnered the interest of major labels such as Atlantic, Dreamworks,
and MCA, but the group opted to forge its own path, releasing three
full-lengths and one EP through Tribunal Records from 1999 to 2005—all of which
were quite well-received by fans seeking something a touch different from the
general realm of heavy music.
Shortly after the arrival of
The Absolute Uncontrollable in 2005, however, SWIFT went dormant as members
began focusing on careers and personal lives—three-fifths of the lineup
relocating to Brooklyn, NY in the process. Fortunately, friendships between the
lineup—guitarists Mikey Gentle and Taylor Mabe, Billy Deal (bass), Jamie King
(drums), and frontman Gary Forsyth—remained intact, and new music slowly began
to take shape during the decade-plus that followed. Based on the strengths of
this material, the band decided to evolve these ideas into a brand new
full-length to commemorate SWIFT's 20th anniversary.
Released digitally in December
of 2017, The Worst of All Things Possible once more achieves an effortless and
uncategorizable fusion of aggression and melody across a wide range of both
modern and classic influences. It's almost unheard of for a group to issue its
finest album 20 years in—and after more than a decade apart, no less—but SWIFT
have done just that with this 11-song, 45-minute masterpiece. Equally as
appealing to fans of the Deftones or Disembodied as to Killswitch Engage or
Slipknot in its seamless balance of catchiness and extremity, The Worst of All
Things Possible represents the band's most powerful and mature songwriting to
date—highlighted by unbelievably memorable cuts such as "Nothing is
Real" or "Goliath."
"This record is musically
just an expression of the combination of rock and classic thrash metal that
inspired all of us growing up. We are all beyond the style of music that was an
influence on the early SWIFT material, but it was a lot of fun revisiting and
expanding on the formula that made SWIFT what it is," states King.
Speaking more specifically to the lyrical content, Forsyth commented, "I
wrote much of the lyrics on trains living in NYC. There is an overarching theme
to the record, and that is a first for us. It's about growth through loss and
the idea that comfort is not a path to progression, it's a path to complacency.
It's about analyzing suffering and its effects on the human condition—how we
naturally build walls around ourselves to hide from what will cause us
discomfort. Suffering is indiscriminate. We all have suffered, and through that
we have grown. The intention was to celebrate that growth..."
TRACK LIST:
1. Drawn And Quartered
2. Nothing Is Real
3. Goliath
4. Sho Kosugi
5. Quenching
6. Perhaps Not
7. Fight The Minotaur
8. Forest Of Death
9. Bricks Of The Empire
10. Expiration Dates
11. Take Up Your Arms
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