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Rise

by Sound Struggle

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Pierre LPC
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Pierre LPC WAAOOWW Sound Struggle is a genuis band with full of everything musicians and music. Emotions, strength and passion. Harmony, melody and groove. MASTERS
pierre Favorite track: Pretzel.
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Dylan This is the epitome of progressive metal. Aside from genre bending, these guys are actually all classically trained, and it shows. Everything flows and blends seamlessly together, without sounding cut and paste or predictable at all. There is such complex variety and every song is unique, that it is really hard to classify a specific subgenre, other than simply 'progressive metal'. It really feels like an eclectic musical experience that you need to set aside an hour to absorb completely. Looking forward to being a long time fan. Stick to it, guys, you have something special here. Favorite track: Suspended.
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Jeremy Gifford Keep doing what you guys do, you guys are super influential. I have been jamming you guys everywhere I go and figured I might as well buy the album and support you guys a little :D keep making this sick fucking music. Favorite track: Strongth.
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1.
Strongth 06:58
When my mind can’t breath I walk with the stars Surround me in power And make me whole Encoded in me A universe of life Treasure without price Source of peace When my mind can’t breath I welcome the storms Surround me in power And cleanse my soul Entwined with the winds Aura and lifeblood A gentle breeze to a violent roar A bed of sand to a fist of stone See, grow, feel, know, Everything before you burns slow, burns low Called away from the place that we’ve disguised, clear my eyes Pulled into a dream, I wear the skies Day in day out the machine turns its gears Feel the loving embrace or a force so deadly Heat and ice all the same call my name again. Darkness it owns bringing night at its will. Silent engine, never straining, always learning Sky and earth all the same call my name again Call me again call me again, call my name Why do you craft your machines Hoping to conquer the world What will you have when your work is done a machine, but a machine Solos: Izzo, Rafowitz SEE, GROW, FEEL, KNOW EVERYTHING BEFORE YOU BURNS SLOW, BURNS LOW Day in day out It burns as a new flame Reforging it’s destiny With ancient wisdom Standing before the flame I listen for you to call me again, call me again Call My Name Why do you craft your machines Hoping to conquer the world What will you have when your work is done a machine See, grow, feel, know, Everything before you burns slow, burns low Called away from the place that we’ve disguised, clear my eyes Pulled into a dream, I wear the skies Not as my own Can’t you see what surrounds You And Clear your eyes The machine It can all be yours Will you hear her voice When she calls your name
2.
The Disease 06:30
Locked in this room again How will this one end Beware the friend so close Caught in a dream My life I have not sold You hold on to air You slow my art rate down A cold way to go I hold what I have told you as my word Haven’t I shown you what its worth to me Wouldn’t have known you’d give it all away A little every day Quick burn Slow Cool You are a storm without end If I don’t stand this life It will never be mine I hold what I have told you as my word You gotta show me what it’s worth to you Wouldn’t have known you’d give it all away A little every day The disease speaks to me unceasingly, Leave and shake the dust from your feet Within, my home, you found rest. Now you talk as if I owe the world to you The stone cold life, That you live Could never hope to tear this temple down Stronger I have built your life I have laid the stones you walk upon Believe me, I have foreseen the knife I leave on the terms you’ve laid before me Solos: Rasmussen, Izzo Make up your mind and live A life without fear Nothing to say we know The way to the door I hold what I have told you as my word Hold your own hand, set your sights high You’ll never understand What drives this labor of love
3.
(Instrumental) Solos: Bozdeck, Rafowitz
4.
Tread carefully, tread carefully And take your time Think of the ultimate goal But don’t become blind Try to pick up the pieces Try to cover your head Bodies fall around you Remnants of your rage Approaching a level up (level Up) From where you have fought to Another level of skill And another low to stoop to See what is behind What all are striving to find This test will try your soul Don’t become blind Roll the dice Every attempt on your life It will cost Until all their blood is lost Life in a rotating door That will cost us naught Don’t become blind, you will find the key Take your time and Think of the ultimate goal (think of the life of your soul) This is a game that lasts Shadowed Spirits form around me Shriek and scream why would you dare to Roll the dice Every attempt on your life It will cost Until all their blood is lost They Scream Roll the dice Every pawn is a life I don’t know where to turn They close in, they close in on me Solos: Rafowitz, Rasmussen, Izzo Roll the dice Every attempt on your life It will cost Until all their blood is lost Running out, of time Running out, of life I don’t know where to turn I hear a rumble as it rains outside Shadowed spirits form around me Shriek and scream why would you dare to Play the game with consequences Roll your bones but do not hope to live Drowning sinking in to madness Spiral down into the silence Finally the spirits leave me Shriek and scream why would you dare to Roll the dice Every attempt on your life It will cost Until all their blood is lost Roll the dice Every pawn is a life I don’t know where to turn Trapped inside my insanity
5.
Rise 07:03
(Instrumental) Solo: Izzo
6.
Tempest 05:04
Falling, falling from the top of the atmosphere How did it come to this The contagion takes the form of its carrier Networking into a cold cage Falling, falling cells from the clouds Conforming, attaching, in a gentle burial Nobody notices the growing piles Interconnected for miles (Chorus) Shut out, Shut down, Shut in from the outside Beating on these walls, Beating on this cold hard door Shut out, Shut down, Shut in from the outside world No answer to my cries as the daylight dies His hand reaches across medium and mainland Holding, tightening, gripping, smothering, and I swear if it ever lets up I will never again ask for you’re protection His gaze vicious as the eye of the hurricane I was never prepared, unaware that I was At the mercy of a miser once a friend I followed his call into my city-sized grave Solos: Bozdeck, Izzo, Bozdeck, Izzo, Rasmussen Imprisoned here, Struck down with fear They told me to beware of the calm in the storm But they themselves were hardly prepared Your war stories only speak of the norm Burdened by safety, blinded by a vision That my life is my own, alone with my thoughts in this cave They have become my only friends Unlock the door, before I tear up the floorboards
7.
Drain all of me Take all I know, all I know What is my soul? Without this life to hold Shock Echoes through my body, Paralyzed in body and mind I Fear the end around the corner What could have gone so wrong? Check the file, straight to Denial I will give no power to this poison All surroundings drain me, Overwhelm and suffocate me Helpless in this twisted game, I never chose to play Nothing but my memories Relive the years, written in tears Look back on a finished life (Chorus) And now I feel time kill me slowly What did I do to you? Is it luck of the draw of set in stone? It feels so long ago that I thought I had the answers (How could you know) Now the questions rule my will, my life, my very soul Sleep now Close your eyes Voices Silent cries Real or Synthesized Sleep now Close your eyes Solo: Rafowitz Relief I breathe in vindication The Struggle over Done with my final chance To climb atop the world Accept The bed that I have made myself Welcome victory Only measured by the fear I’ve overcome (Chorus 2) And now I feel time kill me slowly What did I do to you? Is it luck of the draw of set in stone? It feels so long ago that I thought I had the answers (How could you know) Now the chaperone to all Comes to take me home!
8.
Suspended 08:49
In between sleep and consciousness In a state of stasis drains my energy, The grey area where existence is smeared Approaching the state of mind that is always feared Lay me down to sleep, alone I tried to make the leap with no avail Tug of war between the tenders of each flock The black sheep elusive The white, all-inclusive There are no boarders There aren’t any divisions My world consists of elisions Creation, precision My mind like a sheep that strayed Both shepherds, turn a blind eye I strive to be a dreamer of dreams Nothing now but the sky (Chorus) Why am I constantly Awake Trying to sleep was a Mistake How many attempts will it take Before this prison conquers me Why am I constantly Awake Torture for tortures sake How many attempts will it take Before this prison is reality I am suspended between two worlds In one uncharted realm leading to another Above me I see what is familiar Below me is another shade of where I stand Build me a new tonight Save my world from this Plight Walk through the haze of my Mind till the end of all time Solos: Bozdeck, Rasmussen Suspended Stasis Take this feeling from me Make this Make this dream an actuality I see the, nights fade to day And double back to night The line I crossed was hazy The steps I take cross back through time My shepherd calls from afar Unceasing, repetitively The sound echoes through the endless space Here it is, the moment I’ve always feared!
9.
Pretzel 07:03
(Instrumental) Solo: Rasmussen
10.
649 05:21
A vicious crowd with new potential Enter the fray my mind open Feed them, feed them with the drug of hope that will not last And the first to go, feed on pride and begin to slow And reveal the darkness a wise man would never know Give Me All I deserve I am Ahead of the curve You get nothing You are not what you think You will know soon Where these lies have really brought you I’ll always remember The ones who went before They carry on You dare to claim what they built Symbols of passion, leave their mark Carry and guide me While others lose themselves in the dark Wake up Take your stand Show this place What you can give Before you slowly sink down What can you give? Before you slowly sink down Solo: Bozdeck and Izzo Climb Climb out of this hole You dig deeper every day If they catch you crawling out They will bury you alive Every day I walk the mile It’s getting longer Chained here by pen and page I never would know not to come until it’s too late But for the sight to come true What does it ask of you? And for us to get through What does it take out of you? I will only believe What I see and hear I can’t believe that what you’re feeling Changes how my world appears

about

Rise was written and recorded in the span of one year. Writing started in September of 2014 and we have now finished in September 2015. Sound Struggle is very much a DIY band, all production, engineering, mixing and mastering was done by members of Sound Struggle, and all the music was performed by Sound Struggle. The result is an album that is as perfect as we could make. So please, enjoy and thank you so much for listening in!

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Sound Struggle

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released September 25, 2015

Guitar/Vocals: Cameron Rasmussen
Keys/Backup Vocals: Joey Izzo
Guitar: Adam Rafowitz
Tenor Sax/EWI: Michael Bozdeck
Bass: Joe Calderone
Drums: Matthieu Danesin

Written, Arranged and Produced by Sound Struggle
Engineered by Joey Izzo and Cameron Rasmussen
Mixed and Mastered by Joey Izzo
Artwork by Julia Gaspar

Very special thanks to Aresh Banaji, Tuan Do, Shaun Ezrol, Jeremy Smith-Sebasto, Adam Bently, and Sam Harchik

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