EXCLUSIVE METALSUCKS PREMIERE: WOE OF TYRANTS – “TEMPTING THE WRETCH”
Friday, March 5th, 2010 at 1:00pm by MetalSucks
Woe Of Tyrants’ new album Threnody will be in the hands of fans by April 14th, but today you can get a taste of the shredtacular madness here.
Comments Woe of Tyrants vocalist Chris Catanzaro of the new song “Tempting the Wretch”:
This song was written to describe a point in Threnody in which our traveler is within a dream, a dream that is one of the few points in his journey where he experiences any semblance of peace and serenity. The walls begins to crumble around him, pieces of his true hellish reality breaking through in the form of fiendish and wiley beasts poised to torment and destroy him. As he is wrestling with morality, and whispers from those who mean to cause him harm, he ends up dancing amongst the dead and damned under a burning sky of sulfur rain. That part of the song is him momentarily “embracing the filth”, and joining in with the torment. The song describes the fear of completely abandoning God, as well as the temptation to do so. At the end of the song he awakens from the dream, with only a cold and cryptic sense of disarray remaining.
Yes, I know, there is a tiny bit of clean singing. I meant to avoid it on this record, but the part didn’t work any other way to fit the message and mood I was going for. Hate on it all you want, but I assure you that we made the rest of this song chaotic and disgusting enough to not have a chance of making us millions. Much love, and we appreciate MetalSucks as always for supporting our group.
Pre-order Threnody for only $12 and listen to another new song, “Creatures of the Mire.” We haven’t heard the full album yet but the two new songs posted so far have us excited.
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44 COMMENTS on “EXCLUSIVE METALSUCKS PREMIERE: WOE OF TYRANTS – “TEMPTING THE WRETCH””
It’s good, but it’s not grabbing me as much as the last album. I give ‘er a few more listens though. Didn’t mind the clean vox at all, they had a neat effect on them, fit the music well.
Seriously killer job on this album, guys. Sorry we put you through crazy amounts of stress to get this one done in time, but you guys knocked it outta the park!
Great band, hope this new album is as great as their last!
I’m only half sold on the two songs I have heard so far.
Gotta be one of the worst covers i’ve seen lately!
Incredible guitar work– I love it!
A little different than their usual sound, but it totally works in my opinion. =
“Creatures of the Mire” whetted my appetite, but this song’s got me totally ravenous for the new album!! AARRGGHHH!!
Two more things:
1. The clean vox work pretty well, and have a kinda “Faceless” vibe to them.
2. Whomever wrote that brief summary on the metalblade website is retarded. That paragraph is absolutely stupid and will win over approximately 0 new fans. Good job hiring decent writers, metalblade.
I wrote it! Wanna write up a new one? Go to town if you think you have something better. Sometimes I keep it dry, sometimes I get so excited about a record that I write something a little more out there.
Wow! I’m glad you actually replied.
Sorry if I sounded overly harsh! I guess I was just persuaded by the MetalSucks writing style, aka full of sarcasm and angst hahah.
I guess I was expecting the normal blunt, straightforward write-up, but yours is actually of a different breed, which is a breath of fresh air. And your sentiment is very true, especially today: good songwriting does indeed come from mastery of melody, not just chugging/breakdowns!!
Sorry for this little spat, again.
LMFUCKINGAO
awesome song, strong faceless vibe
awesome, awesome song. definitely checking them out.
Good song, not bad at all. The clean vocal part was very Cynic / BTBAM. I’m sold!
Good song, not bad at all. The clean vocal part was very Cynic / BTBAM. I’m sold!
The clean vocals reminded me of Cynic / BTBAM. Well done.
I find his melodramatic description of what’s going on in the song’s narrative to be completely ridiculous.
Also, the same applies to his apparent need to justify why he went with some clean vocals.
Like all bands, I’m sure he expects a certain amount of bashing when trying something new.
First time hearing this band – heard of them before but never got around to listening to them – it’s not my usual sorta thing but I really quite like it.
Surprise! It’s Sumeriancore!
Nothing here’s grabbing me. I have to say that the cover art describes what the band sounds like perfectly, down to the font used for the logo.
Approximately zero breakdowns here. Give ‘em a fair shot and I think you’ll dig it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6d6dvmJABo
My thoughts exactly.
Get these asshole christians out of metal! I don’t care if it’s in your face or not, it’s fucking bullshit!
These tech/death/progressive bands are now a dime a fucking dozen. Sigh. Is Gojira off hiatus yet??
I’m subtracting points for using the Winds of Plauge font.
Well add them back up cuz they’re different fonts
Nah, still too close.
My band opened up for these guys last month. They’re badass live, and really cool dudes. Would deff recommend checking them out live.
We’re not a Christian band. And the reason I mentioned the clean singing is because no one has heard us do anything other than “screaming” since 2005. Therefore I felt there was ground for an explanation as to why it came out in this record. Meant to be informative rather than as a means of justification as I really could give a shit about anyone complaining about it. We’ve always written exactly what we want to, and we always will. Thanks for checking it out!
Golgotha this, Jerusalem that? You guys are christian and christ ain’t metal.
The last record had a different theme. I wrote most of the lyrics to that one in 2006-2007. I do come from a Christian background but am not a practicing Christian, the lyrics on this new album are much different. As most lyricists do I’m sure, I write based on the mood and season I’m in my life. Give it an honest listen/read and stop that stereotyping.. Then come out to a show and I’ll buy you a beer or fight you about it, whichever you prefer! :)
HOLY SHIT SUP CHRIS!!
Good to hear from you, man!
By the way, don’t feel obligated to respond to ignorant people here. I’m fairly sure most fans will agree with me in saying that WoT does not seem Christian or put out a Christian vibe at all.
Come to nyc and i’ll take you up on that beer offer, though!
I’ve always found Christian “mythology” to be fascinating…and some of the stories ARE pretty brutal if you’ve ever read them.
I heard you guys on my radio station at 3 in the morning to say the least I couldn’t sleep after for the better though learned about your band so I was at piece
*Peace
word on the street is chris had a big… fat… BOOOOOONNNNERRRRRR OOOOOOO YAAAAAAAAAAAA! its big and veiny put you in painy touch it enough it makes white rainy YA!
I personally feel the “clean vibe” was a necessity, and showed us another side of a very talented singer. Interested to hear more from this album, and catching their Overkill Tour.
Incredible music once again guys! Good thing you described what the song was about short of publishing the lyrics as I had no idea what they were :) Christian/religious themes in music will always get you accusations of being a christian band and I am glad you came on here and stated that the band isn’t, because as an anti-theist/atheist, whenever a band says they are a christian, no matter how fantastic the music, the thought is constantly running through my head “are they preaching at me their ridiculous belief system?”.
Can’t wait to hear the new album!
Awesome song, the clean vocals to me def give off a btbam vibe. Cant wait to hear the rest of the album…
Glad to see WOT getting some love on here.. Big fan… whats up to Chris and the guys, love the new song, see you guys on tour
Excellent! Cant wait to get the new album. You guys are gettin better every year.
see ya at blondies detroit. U know whats comin
I like the new stuff, but not as much as anything off of Kingdom of Might. I just recently got into these guys and love that album.
Huge fan, pre-ordering this now
Preconceived notions can be irritating, and really demonstrate a lack of ability to comprehend progression. Thanks to all of you who listen to our music and give it a chance for what it is – your feedback helps shape many things. See you on the road!
lol “strong faceless vibe”
…cuz it’s being produced by michael machine keene, you see!
love it