Scoring The End Of The World - Motionless In White

Although there was a lack of racing this week across MotoGP and Formula 1, excitement and energy was certainly not lacking with the latest album release from Motionless In White, Scoring The End Of The World. Being the 6th studio album from the band they have cemented their unique sound to be able to carry through a wide range of styles and emotions, that this album showcases to listeners.

Heres a track-by-track breakdown of the album, with each song being ranked from p.1 to p.13. *TRACKS ARE LISTED IN ALBUM ORDER*

Meltdown - p.8

The first track of the album showcased a classic Motionless In White sound, whilst illustrating a development into newer sounds and styles. I did feel as though it needed something more after the chorus, even a repetition of the robotic voice saying meltdown, just to fill the space as it was quite empty sounding.

Sign Of Life - p.5

Sign Of Life has a great instrumental sound and development, lyrically it is slightly repetitive. However, I feel like the build up of the instrumentals overtime saves this issue and fits it together quite nicely. Overall the song works together very well and everything fits nicely together to create a unified sound.

Werewolf - p.3

Werewolf has more of an eerie, mysterious sound to it which builds over the track to be stronger and heavier. It was, what I thought to be, one of the best songs on the album and shows a good range of musicality and style.

Porcelain - p.10

Porcelain starts off very soft and slow before all the instrumental is added in and the sound is built up and torn down again to peak at the chorus. The song has a very nice overall sound, although, it is a bit repetitive and does feel slightly drawn out.

Slaughterhouse (feat. Bryan Garris) - p.7

Slaughterhouse is packed full of energy and is the kind of song to get the listener up and full of adrenaline. It's got that classic old school Motionless In White sound with double the power behind it. A very strong high energy song to keep the listener engaged as we get to almost halfway through the album.

Masterpiece - p.2

Masterpiece is one of the best songs on the album and has a cinematic, immersive feeling to it that easily captivates a listener. It builds up to a powerful climax before stripping everything away to bring the chorus in for the last time purely as spoken lyrics, then adds everything back in to drive it home.

Cause Of Death - p.12

Cause Of Death I feel missed the mark in comparison to some of the other songs on the album. Overall it felt a bit lack lustre, although the breakdown did stand out to break up the track. I also feel like Rickys vocals got lost under the instrumental in the closing verse, as well as Chris' vocals in various areas of the song. If there were more balance between vocals and instrumental I think it would sound far better and be easier to listen to.

We Become The Night - p.4

We Become The Night is another energetic powerful track that draws the listeners attention back in as we head towards the end of the album. The song is full of energy all throughout the track, apart from when we get to the bridge before the final chorus. In which the instrumentals are stripped back and theres a drawl of Chris saying We Become The Night in the background noise, then the vocals come in a little softer before everything is added back in to bring back the energy.

Burned At Both Ends II - p.9

Burned At Both Ends II is a great continuation on from the first Burned At Both Ends, released 10 years ago. It perfectly follows on with the themes from the first while incorporating the newer song of the album into it. Overall it has a great sound however lyrically it does feel repetitive.

B.F.B.T.G.: Corpse Nation - p.11

This song similarly to the previous one is a sequel to a previous song from Motionless In White. This second instalment works well into the themes of the first but has more of the newer style mixed in. While it is an enjoyable song to listen to and it is effective in its style of telling a story, the sound meshes together and everything gets sort of lost in each other.

Cyberhex - p.13

The overall sound of Cyberhex ties in nicely to the classic sounds of Motionless In White, and is a nice song to listen to. However, lyrically theres a lot of repetition and as it goes on the song gets glossed over to be a mesh of sounds rather than sounds that you can individually hear and listen along with.

Red, White & Boom (feat. Caleb Shomo) - p.6

Red, White & Boom is one of the most powerful, energetic songs of the album and is tied to an older Motionless In White song America with similar themes and the line "home of the free, the sick and depraved" which features in both songs. Overall this song carries a classic Motionless In White sound with an embellishment of a newer style.

Scoring The End Of The World (feat. Mick Gordon) - p.1

The only way to describe the title track of this album and that is a cinematic masterpiece, from start to finish it is 3 minutes and 47 seconds of pure excellence. The vocals from Ricky Olsen, the guitarist, towards the end piece in to the song seamlessly and round out the ending beautifully.