The Best Song From The Devil Wears Prada

Basic Information About The Devil Wears Prada

The Devil Wears Prada is a Christian band from Dayton, Ohio. They formed their band in 2005, and produced their first album in 2006. They just recently released their second EP called Space in August of 2015. Altogether they have created 7 albums. Their music genre is metal-core, but in my opinion, they have made their own unique genre, only because their sound is a lot more original than any other metal-core band. 

Best Song = Asteroid 

To be honest, it was rather difficult for me to think of a best song from them. Everything they produce is incredibly astonishing. Since they've just constructed a new EP only a few months ago, of course I'm going to fancy their newer music at the moment. 
I am currently under the impression that their best song so far is "Asteroid". It is the last song off of the EP. It is such a unique song, along with the rest of the EP. At first I didn't necessarily enjoy the song all that much, because it sounds like a mix of their albums 8:18 and Dead Throne. Since you most likely don't know why that seems like a somewhat bad thing, a lot of people (including me) don't really appreciate their album Dead Throne. That's the only album that isn't all that great. After giving "Asteroid" a few listens though, I grew to absolutely adore the song. It has that uniqueness that most songs from other bands do not possess. It's a song where you can think, "Oh, this is definitely The Devil Wears Prada." The lyrics really make you think about how pointless it is to despise people for the way they are, about how pointless it is to never forget people for all the wrong reasons, about how all of the fighting and foes you have do not matter in the end. People hope to die in their sleep of natural causes, or for it to at least be quick, but the fact that everyone knows the asteroid is coming and can even see it approaching is eerie itself. The wait leads people to think of all the loose ends they never tied with their family, friends, and everything they'll never see again. 
Anyway, you can really hear the emotion coming from Mike Hranica (vocalist) in this song. You can hear how genuine he is, and how much he does in fact believe in what he is saying, which is great, because a lot of songs you hear these days are about sex, drugs, alcohol, and just pure stupidity (just my opinion, don't be offended). 

My favorite lyrics from "Asteroid": 

"While we all live with hate towards our neighbors, while we all live with hate without favor, think of best friends, think of strangers, think of lovers, think of foes, think of children, think of family, keep in mind that nothing stays."

"It's funny how we once fought. It's funny how we didn't care. Consider what we could have been."

"Say goodbye one last time. It's getting closer now." 

The Best Song From The Ghost Inside

Some Basic Information of The Ghost Inside

Before I state my favorite favorite song produced by The Ghost Inside, I think it would be a great idea to give you some basic information about the band. The Ghost Inside is from Los Angeles, California, and the band was formed in 2004. Their original band name was A Dying Dream. Their music genre is categorized as either metal-core, or melodic hardcore, and they have produced 5 albums. 

Best Song = "White Light"

In my opinion, The Ghost Inside's best song they have constructed so far has to be "White Light".
 "White Light" is a song about the lead vocalist's (Jonathan Vigil) little brother, Ryan, who passed on in his sleep. No one has any answers as to why this occurrence took place. Back before the band officially titled this song, they played a show, which included this song. After Jonathan finished performing the song that is obviously now called "White Light", he checked his phone, only to see that he received a text from his friend. It was a picture that consisted of the sunset over a beach with a mysterious white light randomly floating about. You're probably questioning why this is in any way a significant reason as to why the band named the song "White Light", and why I'm even explaining this at all, but this is my blog, so I get to explain whatever I want. Well, some lyrics in the song are, 'I am so lost at sea, Ryan shine your light for me." Coincidence or not, this is the reason why the band decided to name the song "White Light". In my opinion, this song is one of the most heart-wrenching, meaningful songs I have ever listened to, which is the main reason why I enjoy the song so much. Not only are the lyrics sad, you can also hear the sorrow in the instruments. I find myself tearing up whenever I hear this song. As a matter of fact, Jonathan has actually broken down into tears whilst performing this song. He couldn't continue playing, so some fans got up onto the stage and started singing for him while giving him hugs and stuff.
"White Light" is so much better than songs with crappy lyrics about someone who broke up with a girl or boy they've only been with for like a month, because it is about real love that is irreplaceable. Also because death tends to be more tragic than a breakup... Aside from all of that, these are some of my favorite lyrics from "White Light":

"You left some hope instilled in me, that I should never give up on anything."

"Before, I used to take these wings and I'd fly so high, I'd fly so high I tried. Now I live in regret never coming down to say goodbye."

"I used to be the fearless one. Living each day like death would never come, and now I feel his cold breath on neck. He's watching my steps, and telling me I could be next."

"I miss you brother. You will never dim."

"White Light"

The Worst and Best From Impending Doom

First of all, Impending Doom was formed in 2005, and they originated in Riverside, California. So far they have released 6 albums (The Sin and Doom of Godless Men, Nailed. Dead. Risen., The Serpent Servant, There Will Be Violence, Baptized In Filth, and Death Will Reign). Their current band members are Brook Reeves, Manny Contreras, Eric Correa, David Sittig, Brandon Trahan.

The Worst Album From Impending Doom

In my opinion, their first album was the worst (The Sin and Doom of Godless Men). Well, just like almost every other band, of course the first album is going to be the worst... Unless if we're talking about The Devil Wears Prada... Anyway, you're probably wondering why I think The Sin and Doom of Godless Men is Impending Doom's worst album. Well, all of their songs on that album kind of sound the same. It's not like those songs that sound relatively close aren't good or anything, but they definitely didn't use their creativity they possess back then to its full extent. All of the songs are extremely heavy, kind of bland, and dull. You can't understand what the vocalist is saying, regardless if you've read the lyrics over and over again, which kind of irritates me, even though I'm not the biggest fan of their lyrics considering I'm not religious. All in all, the album sounds just a wee bit too "muddy" as I like to call it. 

Another reason why The Sin and Doom of Godless Men is their worst album yet is because the music is hardly intriguing. You can't sit down and listen to the first minute of a song off of that album and crave to listen to more of it, which is honestly quite a shame (this pretty much goes along with what I said in the first paragraph). Not to mention the lyrics aren't the most ingenious words you'll ever hear... For example: "Last breath on Earth, to first breath in hell, last breath on Earth, to first breath in hell". As I've stated, this is only my opinion, because all of their songs are about their religion. The difference between the lyrics from this album compared to the rest is these lyrics are cringe-worthy because they're so dull, and I'm not dissing on the lyrics because they're religious. 

The final reason why I believe The Sin and Doom of Godless Men is Impending Doom's least favorable album is because Brook Reeves vocals just don't sound quite right... Reeves does this kind of squeal sound that doesn't sound nice at all. You're probably thinking that I'm crazy for thinking that just his squeals don't sound nice and that none of his screams sound decent, but oh well. His pitch hardly ever changes in this album either, which doesn't really help them out with their lack of creativity predicament. 

Although I think this is their least enjoyable album, I still like it. The best part of the album are the drums... 

"For All Have Sinned" off of The Sin and Doom of Godless Men 

The Best Album From Impending Doom

In my opinion, Impending Doom's best album is Baptized in Filth. This album was released in 2012, and was their 5th album they created, which is far more better than The Sin and Doom of Godless Men. Why? Well, 7 years later, after they progressed as a band, they got more creative with their instrumental/vocal usage. Crazy, right? I mean who would've thought in a million years that a band would become greater as the years pass? If you couldn't tell, that was total sarcasm...

I feel like this album is their most creative one. Brook Reeves vocals are a lot more diverse, and not just the monotone growling with occasional awkward squealing thrown in at random moments you'll perceive after listening to The Sin and Doom of Godless Men, and Nailed. Dead. Risen. He actually changes the pitch of his vocals in this album. I personally also enjoy the lyrics off of this album the most out of all of their albums, because they're more aggressive, which is what I like. The lyrics are still religious, but they are bearable. I like to think of myself as quite the opened-minded human being because of this, but that's not what this blog's about... Anyway, not only are the vocals/lyrics amazing in this album, the instrument utilization is also pleasing to the ears. All of the instruments are played together well, and they don't sound muddy while all being played at once. There's also more of a chorus that occurs in this album, which I enjoy, just like the average human being.

"Deceiver" off of Baptized in Filth  

In spite of the fact that I have talked some crap about Impending Doom on this blog post, they are still one of my favorite bands of all time, and everything they've produced/will produce is better than anything One Direction has constructed.

Suicide Silence/Suicide Silence EP

Suicide Silence is a deathcore band from Riverside, California. The band was created in 2002, consisting of Chris Garza, Rick Ash (both guitarists), Josh Goddard (drummer), Mike Bodkins (bassist), Mitch Lucker, and Tanner Womack (both vocalists). After their very first performance as a band, they kicked out Tanner Womack, leaving Mitch to be the only vocalist. And no, I do not know why they kicked him from the band. For the first couple of years they only made demos, not albums, until 2005, which is when they created their first EP called Suicide Silence EP. I know what you're thinking... What a clever and creative name for an EP! 

"Ending Is The Beginning" off of the Suicide Silence EP

No Time To Bleed

Remember that thing called MySpace? You know, the ancient website all the cool cats used as if it were apart of their daily ritual? Yeah, that's the website Suicide Silence partook on. They kept everyone updated on their once new album titled No Time To Bleed before it was released. Mitch Lucker appeared in an interview talking about their upcoming album. Lucker stated how No Time To Bleed was going to "blow away" The Cleansing. Did he lie to us? In my opinion, which is also the opinion of many Suicide Silence fans, he didn't. No Time To Bleed was formally released to the public in 2009. In April of that same year, Suicide Silence received the Revolver Golden God award for "Most Innovative Band", and performed live at the awards show. *Note: The Cleansing is an album from Suicide Silence that was released before No Time To Bleed.

The Black Crown

In 2011, Suicide Silence started working on their third full-length album. Before officially naming the album, ideas for album names were "Cancerous Skies", "F**k Everything", and "Human Violence". Later on Mitch Lucker announced that the album title, as you have probably noticed due to the heading, is The Black Crown. Unlike their lyrics to The Cleansing, the lyrics to the songs of The Black Crown were more about Lucker's personal life topics, so the album is pretty much a better version of No Time To Bleed.

On November 1, 2012, Mitch Lucker was pronounced dead at 6:17 a.m. On the night of October 31, 2012, Mitch got on his motorcycle and accidentally crashed. The next morning, the band posted on their Facebook page about Lucker's death saying, "There's no easy way to say this. Mitch passed away earlier this morning from injuries sustained during a motorcycle accident. This is completely devastating to all of us and we offer our deepest condolences to his family. He will be forever in our hearts. R.I.P. Mitchell Adam Lucker - We Love You Brother." Mitch left his band, left his wife, and left his daughter, Kenadee, who was only 5 when he passed on. Mitch was, from what I have seen and heard, one of the most down to earth people one could even imagine. He was and still is such an inspiring person to not only me, but to millions of others out there. 

Their notorious song "You Only Live Once"

You Can't Stop Me

Almost a year after Mitch Lucker's death, everyone was positive Suicide Silence was done producing music, until they announced something... The band released another video of their song "You Only Live Once", but something was a little different... They had a new vocalist. His name is Eddie Hermida. It was confirmed on October 3, 2013, that Hermida was officially the new vocalist for Suicide Silence. Before Hermida joined Suicide Silence, he was in a band called "All Shall Perish". In the previous years, Suicide Silence toured with All Shall Perish, so it wasn't like Eddie entered the band as a stranger. With a new vocalist, together the band made an album called You Can't Stop Me, which was taken from the title of a song Mitch Lucker wrote before his death. They released the album in 2014. 

"You Can't Stop Me" off of their album You Can't Stop Me

My Personal Thoughts

In my opinion, Suicide Silence was and still is one of the greatest bands out there. Their music has gotten me through some difficult times, and they still do. A lot of people think their music sounds "muddy, bland, and not creative", but all I hear when I put on a CD from them is the true beauty of different instruments combined to create an amazing sound that I personally fancy. Not to mention it also calms me down, as ridiculous as you may think it seems. 

My favorite song lyrics are (may be offensive):
 "We'll finally be set free, just be glad you know what life is. Be glad you know." -Suicide Silence, The Fallen 
"I once thought that I had found the path. For so long, I believed in all your bullshit. I once thought that I had found the path ’till the day when I needed you…" -Suicide Silence, The Fallen
"I can’t believe they have wasted so much time in prayer. So many years and words have been wasted. False hope and the addiction to searching." -Suicide Silence, The Fallen