Son, I Loved You At Your Darkest
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Son, I Loved You at Your Darkest is the first full-length studio album released by As Cities Burn
in June 2005. It is Christian-themed and uses dark imagery to characterize humanity.
. Another example of this is, "Let the Dead bury their own Dead" from the song "Wake Dead Man, Wake" these are lines originally spoken by Jesus
in The Gospel of Luke, thus serving as a Biblical allusion.
As Cities Burn
As Cities Burn was an indie/post hardcore band from Mandeville, Louisiana that formed in 2002 and broke up in 2009.-Early beginnings and Son, I Loved You at Your Darkest :...
in June 2005. It is Christian-themed and uses dark imagery to characterize humanity.
Allusions
The album includes numerous allusions. For example, "Thus from My Lips, by Yours, My Sin Is Purged" is a line from Shakespeare's Romeo and JulietRomeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...
. Another example of this is, "Let the Dead bury their own Dead" from the song "Wake Dead Man, Wake" these are lines originally spoken by Jesus
Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
in The Gospel of Luke, thus serving as a Biblical allusion.
Track listing
Personnel
- Colin Kimble - rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
- Cody Bonnette - lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
, clean vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, piano - Pascal Barone - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Aaron Lunsford - drums, percussionDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- TJ Bonnette - screamed vocals, programming, piano
- Lap steel on "Incomplete Is a Leech" - Troy Strains
- Piano on "Of Want and Misery: The Nothing That Kills", Crystal Ninja Strings - Matt Goldman
- Additional vocals on "Admission: Regret" - Josh ScoginJosh ScoginJosh Scogin is an American musician, best known as being the vocalist for the American metalcore band, The Chariot. He originally gained recognition as the vocalist and founding member of the band Norma Jean, after recording two full length albums, a split release, and an EP. Scogin left Norma Jean...
- Recording - Matt Goldman
- Mixing - Mike Watts
- Mastering - Troy Glessner
- Engineering - Tyler Orr, Troy Strains, Jeremiah Edwards
- Art - Asterik Studios