Parkway Drive- Atlas
Rating- 5/5
Parkway drive is a Australian metalcore band similar to Underoath and Nine Inch Nails, but Parkway Drive is not comparable to any other band. The talent each band member has carries the band to a level of their own. Lead singer, Winston McCall is the mastermind behind the structure and creativity that Parkway Drive has lived up too- and Atlas is no let down. With new instruments, new sense of organization, and a whole new point of view- Parkway Drive's most recent album's uniqueness makes it a pure peice of art.
Atlas focuses on the album as a whole more than each individual song- they didn't just make a bunch of songs, they created a story. The acoustic intro "Sparks" causes some controversy within many fans- they miss the extreme heaviness the band has drifted away from, like in the album Killing With a Smile and Horizons- but the rest of the album is not far from their old flare. the next song to play is "Old Ghosts/ New Regrets" which not only has heavy drops that all original Parkway fans love, it has meaning to the band. The song is straight forward, angry, heavy music with meaningful lyrics relating to human detachment with the enviroment. Throughout the album there are many more heavy and acoustic song that carry huge meaning to the band and how they feel towards the world. The band even goes a step father to create a movie off of on of the "most important", says Winston, songs to the whole band- Home is For the Heartless. Atlas was an album that Parkway Drive worked on for a very long time, and put a lot into, and created a whole new image that they deserve recognition for.
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