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Son of the Morning

Oh, Sleeper

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Album Review

Oh, Sleeper's sophomore release is a concept album of sorts, its metallic track list detailing the final battle between God and the Devil. Accordingly, the band gives itself carte blanche to delve into all the grisly imagery of doom metal — maggots feasting on flesh, damned mortals, bleeding body parts, and the like — while remaining within the Christian fold. The result is an extremely aggressive album, with vocalist Micah Kinard often assuming the role of the Devil as he screams atop distorted guitars and double kick drum percussion (supplied by newcomer Matt Davis). Shane Blay offers his own vocal counterpoint, and the songs that feature the singers' melodic voices — most notably "In All Honesty" and the harmony-filled "Reveries of Flight" — are some of the album's strongest. Elsewhere, Son of the Morning concerns itself with creating some of the angriest, loudest Christian metal of 2009, which it largely succeeds in doing.

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RAW

These are some of the most raw awesome lyrics i have heard in a long time. Solid Rock with a Great message! Its about the triumph of Jesus over satan. Good stuff!!!!

Reveries of Flight

wow reveries of flight is AMAZING
the clean vocals represent a man trying to find God but only looking where its convienient and expecting God to come to him but then the screaming represents God and when you look at the lyrics and think of it like that its freaking amazing

Oh, Sleeper - Son of the Morning

Oh, Sleeper is far from your typical metalcore band. Every song may have a breakdown in their sophomore album, [i]Son of the Morning[/i], but the songs themselves aren't built around them. Too many bands do that sort of thing as the focus in their song writing and quite frankly, that is why most of them sound the same. Not Oh, Sleeper though, oh no. So much more is at work in their songs that make them stand apart. There is a lyrical depth here that you can't find with many other bands.

Case in point, Oh, Sleeper have taken the ambitious task of creating a concept album with [i]Son of the Morning[/i]. Unlike a lot of concept albums, this one is coherent from start to finish and doesn't require hours of pouring over the lyrics to figure out what they are trying to say. The story is about the devil's war against God and how the two kingdoms clash. Micah's brutal screaming usually comes from the point of view of the devil as in the opening title track. He yells, [i]'Your wasting power on grace. A maggot will always seek to feed from the grave, where I'll lead them and teach them to feast on the skin that defeats them, the skin they crave'[/i]. Shane Blay's fantastic singing (now stronger and more frequent than before) picks up with an infectious vocal hook from God's perspective at, [i]"If you could see like me you'd see you haven't won anything. If you could see like me you'd see, it's by my grace that you're breathing"[/i].

Some of the lyrics also appear to be sung from people's perspectives on both sides of the war here on earth. 'Breathing Blood' seems to be about someone who has lived a life as a murderer and is struggling to find where they belong as they don't feel worthy of any redemption. As you can imagine this is a very empowering album that is perfect for anyone going through struggles in their day to day walk or who are just fed up with falling. If your blood isn't pumping by the time Micah screams 'I'll cut off your horns' (the inspiration for the cover art) in the epic closer, 'The Finisher', then you may have a heart condition.

Fortunately, the music is just as strong as the lyrics and every bit as powerful. 'In All Honesty' features Cody Bonnette from As Cities Burn and his calm voice is unmistakable. It's a nice twist to change things up a bit as he joins with Shane to counterbalance Micah's screaming. 'Reveries of Flight' starts off slowly with more brilliant singing by Shane and some electronic touches that remind me of The Postal Service. Yet another example of them branching out to other sounds outside of any genre barrier. Their heaviest track, 'World Without a Sun', begins with an insanely long scream and Shane's strongest guitar work yet before breakdowns take over. Make no mistake, there are plenty of sweeps and solos to satisfy guitar fans like myself. The sweeps in 'The Finisher' were enough to make me grin from ear to ear.

About the only mark I have against this album is its short running time. [i]Son of the Morning[/i] clocks in at just over a half hour long and it left me begging for more. However, given the subject matter and the fantastic flow of the songs this might have been for the best. It's better for an album to wrap things up at the right time than overstaying its welcome and grating on your nerves.

[i]Son of the Morning[/i] is brutal, powerful, uplifting, and at times poignant. Everything came together for Oh, Sleeper and this is no sophomore slump. It's the perfect soundtrack to spiritual warfare and a refreshing entry into a stagnant genre. Depending on how you are with this sort of music the short run-time will either leave you begging for more or pleased at just how short and sweet this is. Rest assured, the lyrical depth will keep you coming back for more whether you are in the high mountains or low valleys of your life.

Biography

Formed: 2006 in Fort Worth, TX

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '00s

The Fort Worth-based metalcore act Oh, Sleeper was an outgrowth of the short-lived Christian emo band Terminal, which split up shortly following the release of its only album in 2005. Three members of Terminal — guitarist James Erwin, bassist Lucas Starr (who briefly played in a similar alternative Christian act, As Cities Burn, prior to that band's dissolution), and drummer Ryan Conley — regrouped with a pair of local Fort Worth musicians, singer Micah Kinard and guitarist Shane Blay...
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