Clean guitar play behind an almost phaser-like pedal delay leads to Karl Schubach prominently declaring “I’m not ready to say goodbye…” before leading off in an anthem complete with keys, strings, and background vocals. From the technical chaos featured in the debut album Of Malice And The Magnum Heart, the breakneck speed of sophomore album Mirrors, and finally to the systematic, near methodical qualities of Controller, Absent Light starts off with the lightest track of Misery Signals discography in the two minute intro/song in “A Glimmer of Hope”. Any realistic hope for a new album didn’t fully materialize until an IndieGoGo page was set up for the funding of a new Misery Signals project (which promptly sold out in record time), leaving many to wonder (this reviewer included) if the extended leave of absence would ultimately affect the finished product after the initial hype was all said and done.Ībsent Light continues upon the trend of starting where the previous Misery Signals album left off. To be honest, it made a fair amount of sense the group had released three remarkable, well received, and equally differentiated albums over the course of half a decade, not to mention a now-recognized landmark career in the short lived 7 Angels 7 Plagues beforehand, the members of Misery Signals had musically accomplished more in their lifetimes then very few of their contemporaries. Once marketing began to shift towards the band’s prospective “side projects”, and the subsequent announcement declaring the permanent departure of founding members Stu Ross and Kyle Johnson back in ‘10, it was all but confirmed.
The announcement of Misery Signals’ hiatus back in ’09 sounded eerily similar to a death knell: the band hadn’t given any indication of new music and touring had all but ceased, essentially the trappings of a metalcore band unofficially declaring its demise. Review Summary: We all give up eventually but for Misery Signals that day is not today
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