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Neoseeker – May 19, 2007
All of these facts added result in a unique blend of musical styles. ?erfeldt said in a recent interview: “I don’t see the point of playing in a band and going just one way when you can do everything. It would be impossible for us to play just death metal; that is our roots but we are now a mishmash of everything and not purists to any form of music. It’s impossible for us to do that and quite frankly I would think of it as boring to be in a band that plays just metal music. We’re not afraid to experiment or to be caught with our pants down so to speak. That’s what keeps us going. ” peth have also been influential in the doom metal genre and have attracted a lot of doom metal fans.

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Sunday Herald – May 19, 2007
“Make sure no runners get away while A Company does the house-to-house. Twenty minutes later and we’re out in the pitch black clambering up the back ramp into the claustrophobic interior of a 20-tonne Stryker armoured vehicle. “What’s the metal frame for?” I ask Staff Sergeant Michael Watkins pointing to the steel slats that surround the vehicle. “That’s the bird cage” Watkins replies. “Idea is that if Haji fires any RPGs rocket-propelled grenades at us they get stuck between the slats before hitting the armour and frying us. As the ramp slams shut and the Stryker’s engines kick into life it feels like being inside a metal tomb. “Make sure you wear your eye protection and gloves” insists First Sergeant Nelson McLin… “That’s when they like it. And it’s close to that time right now. The translatorsI am lying on my camp bed earphones in music on loud so I don’t hear the mortar rounds come in. nly the change in air pressure and violent shaking of the locker next to me makes me realise the camp has come under attack. utside a crowd has gatheredbut it quickly disperses when news comes through that no-one has been injured. Nearby on an improvised flood-lit sports field two teams of Iraqis are playing football while others beat drums and chant from the touchline. “They call me Keane after Roy Keane” one of the Iraqi subs tells me.

Reliance on Christian roots proves fruitful for rising stars
shkosh West Index – The shkosh West Index – May 19, 2007
Another song “Faking my own Suicide” has lyrics detailing a story nearly as disturbing as the musical style Relient K experiments with in this track. The country twang of the song is unmistakable and woefully out of place on this rock album. Garth Brooks managed a better transition to heavy metal than this quintet attempts with the country western melody of “Faking My wn Suicide. “Still the shuddersome twang of this track is just a minor anomaly in an album that shines. The compilation ends with “Deathbed” a poignant ballad that reflects on mortality and life after death. The real travesty of the song is that only those in possession of Five Score and Seven Years Ago will ever likely hear this musical tour de force; the lyrics are too overtly religious and in addition to this unless one’s name is Don Mclean radio stations tend to shy away from songs more than five minutes in length. At 11 minutes 5 seconds “Deathbed” is a veritable opus but will probably see about as much airtime as tunes from Justin Guarini’s latest album… Garth Brooks managed a better transition to heavy metal than this quintet attempts with the country western melody of “Faking My wn Suicide. “Still the shuddersome twang of this track is just a minor anomaly in an album that shines. The compilation ends with “Deathbed” a poignant ballad that reflects on mortality and life after death. The real travesty of the song is that only those in possession of Five Score and Seven Years Ago will ever likely hear this musical tour de force; the lyrics are too overtly religious and in addition to this unless one’s name is Don Mclean radio stations tend to shy away from songs more than five minutes in length. At 11 minutes 5 seconds “Deathbed” is a veritable opus but will probably see about as much airtime as tunes from Justin Guarini’s latest album. The brilliance of Relient K is in the band’s ability to appeal to mainstream radio (typically of a more secular nature) while upholding the religious foundation to which the group owes its origins. The ambiguity of the pronoun “you” is the band’s greatest ally in this regard.