It kicks off with a tasty, bouncy guitar riff, which gets any crowd pumped - when I saw them live the floor was moving from the whole crowd headbanging.
The drumming in this song is authoritative - Jordan Mancino is one of the most consistent metal drummers and he really owns this song.
Vocalist Tim Lambesis, growls out his lyrics over the sublime melodic guitar riffs during the verses.
The song quickly reaches a semi-breakdown of sorts and then moves onto a softer passage with clean vocals, which then exchanges with the heavy part from earlier. The use of dynamics makes this song stand out as well as the pedal-tone guitar riffs playing on a theme.
The final breakdown/outro of the song is so brutal. The tempo drops a bit and the full force of the chugging guitars and bass hit you.
The video - well the synchronised headbanging that so many metalcore bands use when playing live was definitely in vogue when this video was shot. As I Lay Dying still do it to this day, but I'm fairly sure they were one of the first to make it a feature of their sets.
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