Senses Fail "Surrender"

What My Life Has Become.

The central theme of "Architects of Ruin" is **the predatory hypocrisy of power brokers who engineer societal and human devastation for personal gain, contrasted with the inexorable tide of accountability and justice**—a blistering takedown of detached elites whose "marble shine" war rooms and "polished podiums" mask the blood-soaked fallout on the "streets" and "shattered ground" below.

This unfolds through the rap-metal verses' "vicious cadence" skewering "big suits" who "gamble lives like chips" and "watch the money wake," while the blues-metal chorus thunders the indictment—"They are the architects of ruin / Stackin’ steel on a broken truth"—evoking towers of exploitation "built on the backs of the fallen." The psychedelic-prog bridge dissolves into "chaotic FX" and battlefield echoes, whispering "Who answers for the cost?" before the male vocal's drifting prophecy of crumbling systems, amplified by the guitar solo's "Collapse of the Colossus" as a sonic demolition. Ultimately, the stern outro—"History keeps the balance / No throne stands forever"—affirms a redemptive reckoning, where "the world will see," turning rage into a progressive rock ritual of exposure and renewal, echoing anti-establishment anthems like Sabbath's own war cries.

Architects of Ruin

I'm gonna praise the lord!

Familiar Ground

Still

Wave

Feel

Dank

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SENSES FAIL "THE GROUND FOLDS"

Illinois pop-punk group Wilmette will release their self-titled EP on September 25th, 2020 via Mutant League Records.  Teaming up again with producer Seth Henderson at ABG Studios (Real Friends, Knuckle Puck), Wilmette has crafted 6 innovative new tracks which are unfettered by any commercial expectations.

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