While the clear meaning of the song is unknown, it discusses themes ranging from relationships to living under pressure and finally being able to overcome your obstacles. After being featured on the soundtrack of “Burnout 3”, the track became an introduction to the band and the genre for many young music listeners. Featuring Tim McIlrath’s powerful vocals, it’s not surprising why this tune became a fan favorite off the band’s major label debut.Ī fan favorite, “Paper Wings” can be found as the fourth track from Siren Song of the Counter Culture. The track doesn’t deviate from the band’s signature style however, so don’t expect some sad and mellow acoustic beats here. Since many of Rise Against’s tracks tackle social and political themes, “Blood to Bleed” is unique and stands out amongst the group’s expansive discography. The fifth track off of Siren Song of the Counter Culture, “Blood to Bleed” sees the band singing about broken hearts and bad-breakups. Welcome to, and today we are counting down our picks for the Top 10 Rise Against songs.įor this list, we’ve chosen our entries base on a combination of the artist’ fan favorites and their most commercially successful songs. Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in.Some people obey, and others need to rise against. You can include this album in your own chart from the My Charts page! The Sufferer & The Witness collection "Brush past a myriad of scenes a homeless vet crashed on wall street, A single mom of three, a TV personality" gushes the lead singer on the opener. The bizarre imagery of 'Chamber The Cartridge' is all about the world ready to explode and collapse on itsown weight. By this point they know there stuff and this is as heavy and riff laden as the biggest pariah's of the stage. 'Bricks' is an example of the direction they could have gone, releasing one and a half minute songs which sound twice as long. The transitions are perfect as they plead for you to change the world with them. 'Prayer Of The Refugee' is about the plight of refugees and forgotten ones to the sound of metallic anti-product. Who can't head bang to that? That's quite a compliment for them, this is a band who's main strength relies in the lyrics after all. For something completely different how about 'The Approaching Curve', a spoken word narrative.īeing able get these words across with great music easily makes this one of the best Rise Against if not the best. ![]() A road lashed with wind and rain, conflict and stream of conscious confessions by the narrator. Pulled off with excellence! And that line with the female vocalist. that's magic moment for me! Love it! A band eons ahead of their contemporaries and at a peak. You don't get them as good as that from this group no more.Review Summary: No one will suffer from Rise Against's second masterpiece.Ģ004's Siren Song of the Counter Culture was Rise Against's major label debut. Although it was still a great album, its sound was easily more mainstream than its predecessor, the masterpiece Revolutions per Minute. There was even a ballad on it (which to this date registers as one of my least favorite Rise Against songs), and lacked any real hardcore moments, other than "State of the Union". Two years later, they followed it up with The Sufferer and the Witness, which almost surpasses RPM for best Rise Against album. Sufferer kicks things off with "Chamber the Cartridge", a fast-paced punk song with politically charged lyrics about our modern society. "First bouts of delirium and scenes of homeless Democrats on Wall Street, a single mom of three," cries Tim McIlrath. In an album with many highlights, "Chamber the Cartridge" serves as an opener that lets listeners know what the rest of the album will be like: a pure blend of rage and emotion. "Injection" follows, and it is one of the best songs on the album, and maybe one of the best song of Rise Against's entire career. The lyrics tell a tale of depression and drug addiction, with a catchy chorus that is bound to be in your head for days. Rise Against do get a little experimental on this album, offering some tracks that are different than the usual punk style. ![]() The first, “Bricks”, clocks in at one and a half minutes long, similar to “To the Core” or “Dead Ringer” off of RPM, but unlike those tracks, it’s mid-tempo and contains little to no screaming. “The Approaching Curve” is an interesting little ditty, as its verses are spoken in word instead of being sung. The song tells the story of a couple who break up, and during the drive home, drives their car off a cliff, killing them both in a murder-suicide. Even if it isn’t amongst the many highlights of the album, “The Approaching Curve” is a nice variation from Rise Against’s typical style.
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