Asking Alexandria's From Death To Destiny that went out to the public in 2013 was a huge turning point the electro, break down-filled songsAsking Alexandria's From Death To Destiny that went out to the public in 2013 was a huge turning point the electro, break down-filled songs that everyone seems to have fallen for as a United Kingdom-born band. Going into a more heavy hearted, anger filled rhythm that was caused from throat surgery to the singer Danny Worsnop, was mixed with his hugely known drinking problem. Both together had caused him to lose hope for himself and his band. Ben Bruce, lead guitarist, was attempting to write lyrics with what seemed like a brick wall that couldn't withstand its own weight, but the result from what seemed so disastrous had actually flipped making the band even more unique than what they were before. Before mentioning the songs, Ben had been getting very intolerant of Danny's behavior. That led to some lyrics trashing and making fun of Danny without him even realizing at first.
“Don't Pray For Me” started the album in suspense, Danny shouts to insult a famous wrestler “The Warrior” who to this day has passed, but in relations AA was on a show of his and the warrior would say “I am I, the Warrior” in which Danny had sung back “I am I, I am Me, i'll never change my ways” saying how he is a destructive human being. Living a very chaotic life style, it now shoots him into a gutter without any care. Continuing with the heavy cords of the guitar, singing not to pray for him is giving the song a boost of tension and anger that strums each cord and hits the drums even harder. “Run Free” lays out that he's sick of the restrictions and wants to be free which plays in the song going from a fast heavy tone straight to almost a lullaby like melody until it gets closer to the end of the song. A death like voice takes over to get the message through to “Run Free” ending the song with a soft violin easy rhythm. “Creature” comes lurking into the album with an evil running the fingers of the guitars. “I'm living a lie, there's a creature hiding inside of me” then continues its graveyard-settled sounds to explain how he feels like a different living “creature” from the rest of the world. As the album comes closer to the end it pulls a complete back flip in the sense of emotions. “The Road” is a most heart touching yet metal pounding song that reaches out to metal, rock, and more alternative groups of people to listen to his heart. For the song, off the bat you can hear the sorrow in his singing, you can see him on the band bus watching the signs go by as it rains and Danny is singing in his own world. “Street signs, so many street signs, pass me by every night and I know tomorrow I won't recognize the world” giving off a very sad and merciful feel to what he's thinking of this type of life. Dipping back towards more metalcore sounds, “Until The End” features a singer from Killswitch Engage “Howard Jones” which he has assisted Danny in singing along side an aggressively progressive double bass drum beat. Once the tone is set, it flips again to a slowed more non sinful sounding song as Danny sings, “I don't deserve this pedestal you put me on, no” then continues to a mellow with the thought of Danny being disappointed in himself and what his band has become. As for some extra songs like “The Death Of Me (Rock)” is really picking up Danny's want for more of a rock feel and no more hammer pounding metal, with an easier bass drum and more strung out guitar chords. This is not something the rest of the band wanted though. Bringing it to an end, the song “Dead” is finally getting back at the people the band does not like and really taking their explosive lifestyle to a whole new level while sticking to their originality. With the lyrics as “Bury them, the scarred remains of every last one of them, Sleeping, A moment alone in silence” then it's as if they have set an empire of their own. Deep chords and many bashes at the symbols pooling together a catastrophe of perfect drum hits is what this is.
For this album, Asking Alexandria has made a huge step into something they're not used to. The reason being Danny had left from the albums first day on sale because he didn't feel at home any more in the band he is most heavily known for. As if from his surgery on his vocal chords and a new change in singing, it had also changed his thoughts on his band making him want a more American rock feel instead of the hard styled UK metalcore band he had grown from. The new sounds they were able to create through so much anger was remarkable and even the new found methods of each instrument had drawn me in deep to every song. Especially with the heaviness of “Run Free” from singing to hatred to singing to evil to soft lullaby, it drew me in so deep. It's the new inspiration they get that I can feel in my own heart, the heart aches and troubles they have may not always be related but can be used in your own ways in which to express with such gracefulness but also be able to throw a harsh break down to grab tight of your nerves.… Expand
