Injection attacks the listener with double time beats and gang vocals in the background with a tight musical landscape in true Rise Against fashion. It is emotional without being whiny and it is solid punk rock. They are all insanely catchy, with a chorus that pulls you into the song instantly, while being the furthest thing from pop imaginable. Heavy drumming, solid guitar riffs and breakdowns all topped off with Tim’s signature and perfect vocals.Įvery single song on the album is decisively Rise Against but all with a brand new feel to it. Lyrically, and musically, The Sufferer & The Witness is a surprisingly dark, melodic hardcore record. Going back to the Blasting Room with Bill Stevenson and Jason Livenmore, Rise Against have returned to their harder roots ala Revolutions Per Minute release compared to the slightly more polished Siren Song Of The Counter Culture, and I could not be happier. And while the release of The Sufferer & The Witness came as a surprise to some people due to the lack of updates, they were sure glad to have new material from the band and once again, Rise Against doesn’t disappoint as they give their fans easily one of the best records of the year. Seven months later, yes, only seven, the CD was released and the band back on the road where they wanted it.
Instead, they silently ended their touring schedule, went into the studio for a few months and made maybe three updates throughout the entire thing. Every week there’s a hundred updates about the little mishaps that happened while recording, you hear how the songs are turning out, you hear what else needs to be done before the record is done, you get little snippets of songs, video footage and basically, every where you turn, there’s something about that band in the studio. When some bands go into the studio, that’s all you hear about.
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