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| Where do Soil fit amidst the modern age of superficial hard rock heroes and fleeting, nu-metal fancies? They don’t—And that’s the beauty of the Chicago five-piece. Unlike many of their contemporaries—who have more piercings than they do hooks, and louder hair than their musi |
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Where do Soil fit amidst the modern age of superficial hard rock heroes and fleeting, nu-metal fancies? They don’t—And that’s the beauty of the Chicago five-piece. Unlike many of their contemporaries—who have more piercings than they do hooks, and louder hair than their music—frontman Ryan McCombs, guitarists Adam Zadel and Shaun Glass, bassist Tim King and drummer Tom Schofield have honed their skills through the more traditional avenues of musical success, namely, independent releases that chart their growth, show after show of live conditioning, and a chemistry that is rooted in years of development and experience.
The power of their independent efforts El Chupacabra (1998) and Throttle Junkies (1999) on MIA Records led to their signing with J Records, who released Scars in the fall of 2001. The major-label debut spawned the hard rock anthem “Halo,” which exploded at Active Rock across the country, triggering more than a year on the road, tours ranging from sold-out arenas with Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie and Mudvayne, to large clubs with Static-X and Sevendust, and a summer on OZZfest, where Soil sparked Second Stage mayhem on a daily basis. But it wasn’t just the throngs of fans who were impressed, as Soil even won the respect of the oft-cynical mainstream press.
Radio & Records called the band, “the steroid-injected slab of rock you’ve been waiting for.” On every level, Scars was an unadulterated success, but it was just the beginning. With new release Redefine, Soil do just that, taking everything we came to expect with Scars, and turning it up a notch. “We were on the road for thirteen months, and we learned a lot about ourselves,” says King of the creative process that led to their new release. “When we sat down to do the new record, we wanted to stay true to our sound. We took that energy and passion and brought it into the music.”
Soil’s energy and passion immediately resonated through the hard rock community this summer upon release of the Pride EP, selling-out wherever the band played on this fall’s Static X tour. The EP’s title track, also found on Redefine, is a riveting joyride through driving guitars, a bombastic bottom end, vocal hooks, and meatier melodies than any metal bands this side of the millennium, was included on the soundtrack to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the M2 Headbangers Ball compilation.
If one needed further convincing, on Redefine the proof is unmistakable. The authoritative slam of lead single and title track has a similar punch and live appeal, “We like songs that grab you, hook you, and don’t fuck around, but at the same time, we love melody,” sums Glass of their sophomore effort, every bit as potent as their debut, but all the more convincing in its delivery. If Scars was a monster truck revving its engine, Redefine is the same monster truck bulldozing through any opposition in its path.
For every bit of punk rock bravado that rips “Redefine” and “Pride,” there’s a darkness haunting “Something Real” that delivers an eerie foreboding. The darkness thickens with “Can You Heal Me,” elements of Alice In Chains rising to the surface as McComb’s vocals flip from a Layne Staley-esque growl to a skyscraping pitch that screams with agitation and attitude. “Love/Hate/Game” is a belligerent blast of aggression that punches through the speakers like a sonic blow to the head, while “Cross My Heart” spits piss and vinegar in the fan for a sound that could saddle side-by-side with Metallica.
“It’s important for every band to have their own identity, and I’m a big culprit of saying, ‘This sounds like something I’ve heard before…’ But it’s better to be like that, than be an ostrich with your head in the sand,” says Zadel, unafraid of comparisons, because Soil are proud of their influences. “You can’t just rehash other people’s crap and then play dumb when you’re asked about it—Our influences show, but we love what we do, and we’ve got something special when we all get together. It’s all our different influences that keep the band interesting.”
“One of the hidden gems on the album is ‘Obsession,” adds Glass, “and that’s a perfect example of our influences. That was a riff I wrote, and all of a sudden it fell into place as part of a big, epic Tool-like song… A well-concealed epic, actually—It’s not a twelve-minute epic like Iron Maiden’s ‘Rime Of The Ancient Mariner,’ because we don’t have the attention span for a twelve-minute song.”
What they do have, is an attention to detail. From the Middle Eastern flavor that adds spice to “Deny Me,” to the lush abundance of vocal harmonies that elevate the likes of “Pride,” Redefine takes on a three-dimensional scope that makes listening to the album as much of an adventure as experiencing the band live. “I really love some of the things Adam’s done vocally on this record,” says McCombs. “When we recorded this, I was home in Indiana and the band was in Chicago… I was getting songs and having to come up with different lyrical ideas, but I wasn’t there in the room when the riff was written, to feel it pop—They built the arms and legs, and I had to put the ideas into their brains.
“Lyrically, these songs are our children, and they’ve all got their special places to us,” the frontman continues, proud of the effort that went into each, but unwilling to offer specific lyrical inspirations. “No matter what your position in life—whether you’re married or not, a dad or not, or what you do for a living—you keep having trials and tribulations, moral dilemmas, and confrontations you need to face, and whether it was on the road, or at home with my family, I’ve had my eyes opened up to a whole new realm of experiences. A lot of people have their ‘Halos,’ it doesn’t matter what mine was when I wrote the song.”
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SOiL - Scars lyrics!
Breaking Me Down
LET IT GO
How far will a falling star take me
How far can I go can I go
Gotta be what the nightmare made me
Gotta be gotta be what I see
Jump clear of the falling parts from me
How far will they go will they go
Can't give what you need from me baby
Just let it go
Bringing me down break me down sweet sugar
Bringing me down break me down
Breaking me down to the ground sweet baby
Breaking me down to the ground
Too much is made of what's in me
Not enough about how I strive
Keep an eye on your world it's cheating
Keep an eye keep an eye on me
Deep inside there's a little place for me
A little place for me
Can't give what you want from me baby
Just leave it be
Sweet razor wound
Deep down slice my groove
Sweet razor wound
Deep down C'mon and slice it
How far did the falling star take me
How far did it go did it go
Had to be what the nightmare made me
Fuck,..Just had to be
Jump clear of the falling parts form me
How far did they go did they go
Can't give what you want from me baby
Hell,..Just let it go
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| Halo
I'm the man, I’m the king, I’m the one
That's pure inside
Everyday, everyway I smell of suicide
Bitter sins how they grow within
So you tell me it ain't right
I AM...ALL SINS
And you're my reason for life
I will stone you, stone you
Wrap my arms around you
I will stone you, stone you
My little HALO
I'm the man, I’m the king, I’m the one
That's broken from giving
Everyday, everyway I swear just one last try
Killing me with the death to be
Something that's so right
I AM...ALL SINS
My hands are scarred with time
Feel through my eyes
I'm the man with the rock in his hand, got
the rock in my hand gonna stone you stone
you
Make a change, gotta rearrange
Idle minds, crushing time
I AM...ALL SINS
And you're the reason for life
| hellz_hunny | Need To Feel
Tell me what you want to be, and don't
hide it from me
Tell me where you want to be, and I'll
take you there
Tell me how you want to feel, don't keep
it from me
Tell me how it outta be through more than a
stare
Show me what you wanna be, don't hide it
from me
Show me where you wanna be, and I'll take
you there
Show me how you want to feel, don't keep
it from me
Show me how it outta be through more than a
stare
I just want to see you
And I just want to hear you
And I just need to feel you
So stand up
Tell me who you are
Tell me where you want to be
Tell me how you feel
Show me how it outta be
Take a little piece of me and hang it from
the right tree
Share a little piece of me and I'll keep
you as a part of me
You are my all
You are my everything
Who are you, you're my everything
| hellz_hunny | Wide Open
Swirling sea of emptiness
Your world has made me a broken mess
How are we supposed to see
The pain that brings us to our knees
Feel the motion of the ocean
Just to see how the hate will flow
It is...Simple
Wide open let me show you more
In my home/Open wide, wide open
There is nothing I know
I'm open wide, wide open
Nothing can save your world
Nothing can share your world
Nothing can save our world
Got caught up in your madness
With every turn we end up less
See all the changing leaves
And how they change to what you please
Feel the motion of the ocean
Just to get a taste of pain
It is...Simple
Wide open let me show you more
This I know
Open wide, wide open
My feelings are cold
I'm open wide, wide open
Swirling sea of emptiness
I am your broken mess
Twisting for eternity
She's been twisting for you and me
Took a ride on your ocean
Just to get a taste of pain
Open wide/Open wide
Don't tell me I'm a newborn lover
| hellz_hunny | Understanding Me
Tie me down
And try to take samples for examples
You could never see
Walk on me
But watch where you're stomping
Walk with caution
You couldn't comprehend
Step inside and see
Justify
You could never see my life is
You could never be my life is
You will never try my life is
Understanding me
Understanding me
What do you know about me
Am I alive
Can I see
What's happening around me
Put me down
Without even speaking
Forever thinking
You couldn't understand
Step inside and see
Compromise
You could never see my life is
You could never be my life is
You will never try my life is
Understanding me
Understanding me
Step inside and see
Crucify
| hellz_hunny | My Own
Feel my angst
Deep within me
Feed my strength
Your words are empty
Look inside and you will see
Break inside break inside
I am, My own
And that's something to me
I've grown, Too strong
To be under your feet
See the hands
That try to hold me
Read the past
I never was free
Deeds of shame
The world around me
Know my pain
The world that I see
| hellz_hunny | Unreal
Sit back bare your cross to me
Oh won't I listen
God damn have I burned my hands
On what's been missing
I feel,.. Unreal everytime I try and stop to
feel
Pick me up my friend
Let me start again
You fucked with me
Behind this garden
Don't fuck with me
Long before I could even see
You're what was missing
Twisting deep inside of me
Forever missing the glistening
I feel,.. Unreal
Every time I try and stop to feel
Pick me up my friend
Hold closed your hand
Can you see all the clear skin in front of
me
Can you see can you see what you wanna see
Can you see there's a little spot of light
in me
Can you see can you tell I'm fuck
Bleeding emotions
Bleed emotions
Sat back gave your soul to me
But did I listen
God damn did I burn my hands
On what was missing, the glistening
I feel, Unreal
Everytime I try and stop to feel
Pick me up my friend
Hold closed my hand
You fucked with me
Behind this garden
You fucked with me
Within this garden
Don't you fuck with me
| hellz_hunny | Inside
Take your time take all your time baby
C'mon
Take your time take it anytime
Raise the line raise the line everytime
C'mon
Raise the line
Raise it above my mind
Everything that stains me and breaks me
It's just a gut reaction trapped in this
aggressive action
I: Rise:
Everything is right here colour me unsold
Everything is right here inside
Take the pain wash it all away baby
C'mon
Take the pain rip it all away
Take my hand take it anytime friend
C'mon
Take my hand take it anytime
Just like the king's men's nightmare
So low gotta see me to feel me
It's just a gut reaction
Trapped in this aggressive action
Everytime I give up something
I end up with less than mine
Turn around and see what's given
It's still less than
| hellz_hunny | Two Skins
Good God
I've got your demon seed
Deep down inside of me
Two skins...One man
Fit in...One hand
God damn...That man
And everything created by him
Ask why...So high
Answer...Young die
Call scam...His hand
And everything created by them
I'm your man
By your hand
I'm your man
So look on,
I've got your demon seed
Deep down inside of me
So thin...Is this plan
Written in...Your hand
Watch me fall...My friend
As the bottom drops from beneath me
I'm your man
By your plan
I'm your riotous sin
So look on,
I've got your demon seed
Deep down inside of me
So look on, Fool of a golden deed
Deep down inside of me
So look on, look on
Can you tell me more
Have you ever been down this far before
Can you tell me more
Have you ever been down:
I'm two skins...I'm one man
I fit in...One hand
God damn...That hand
And everything created within it
| hellz_hunny | The One
How long have I been standing here my friend
Has it been so long
I've been spreading myself so thin
And I've been so wrong
I wanna be the one you run to
And I wanna be your only one
I wanna be the one you turn to
And I wanna be the one
Why did all the good times turn to sin
And has it been so long
I've been standing here in my footprints
And I am so wrong
You shine on me all the good times with you
Where all the smiles belong
You trust in me to save the last tear for
you
Cause I've been so wrong
Hey now its been so long
Hey hey won't you believe in me
Hey now I've come so far
How now won't you believe in me
Frustrations...My aberrance
My time...In my life
I can't be what you see in me
I can't be
| hellz_hunny | New Faith
God friend everybody's got a plan
An even eye can tell wrong from right
We just fade away
God damn tell me what's your plan
So, I will never stop to question why
Each and everyday
Heaven sent, ya need more
Hell's sure, I'm yours
Everybody's gotta rock right outta here
See the old faith, Feel the new faith
Everybody's gotta rock right outta here
See the old face, Know the real face
Feel the real faith
Fly high, Cut a dove in your brain
Exhale with the taste of everyday
We just fade away
Each and everyday
Scream loud with the pain of yesterday
Stand proud for yesterday has gone away
It just fades away
Heaven sent, ya need more
Hell's sure, I'm yours
I'd die, Ten Fold
I'm sure, I'm yours
| hellz_hunny | Why
You gotta believe me
You cannot deceive me
You gotta be everything I ever wanted
Will you stand bye me
See what I see
Will you be every little thing to me
Will you...See my
One life's...So righteous
When I...Feel my
True life's...So worthless
Why: Why do I feel this way and why:
You could never ask of me
You cannot count on me
You couldn't ever once rely on me
Still you stand by me
Stand what's in me
Can you feel every little thing to me
Why: Why do I feel this way and why:
Why: Why cant I speak my mind and why:
Can you hear my words
Can you feel me breathing
Can you tell I'm dying
WHY:Everybody falls gotta keep on climbing
WHY:Do I feel this
WHY:Gotta be my life gotta be the meaning
WHY:Do I feel this
Don't believe what they say
Or trust what you hear
If it ever crosses what you know about me
Take a piece from in me
Guard it with pure greed
It's gotta be everything you ever
wanted
| hellz_hunny | Black 7
All felt is good here
All felt is just fine
Like a rapture waiting to dine on the divine
It moves across me and sets me free
Open oh so gently
Loss of time is felt here
Burning brick in my mind
Like a cancer growing in the minds of the
divine
Don't roll me over
Cant help these things I can feel
Couldn't see them coming
But I've given into what's been given
Take a taste of what's within
You cast me over
Yet I've risen and I am real
I am the little cracked mirror
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