All That Remains ~ Asking Too Much

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Down & Dirty - I Will Never Lose My Way

THE ECHOING GRAVE

This was another song I wrote during those same emotionally turbulent high school years in the mid-1980s. If "Breakin' My Heart" was about the immediate shock of betrayal, "Shattered Illusions" dug deeper into the aftermath - that hollow feeling when you realize everything you believed about someone was built on lies.

The opening line "Midnight shadows, a phone that won't ring" perfectly captured those sleepless nights, waiting for someone who was never going to call. I remember writing that verse thinking about how naive I'd been, how I'd "built castles on empty words." The metaphor felt so real to me then - all those promises and dreams just crumbling down.

What I'm proud of in this song is the pre-chorus structure. Adding that extra emotional build before hitting the chorus made the impact stronger. "Shattering my world" felt like the perfect phrase to describe how completely someone could destroy your sense of reality when you're seventeen and think you know everything about love.

The bridge represents growth - moving from victim to survivor. "I'm done with your lies, done with the pain" shows that progression from hurt to empowerment that I was learning to navigate as a teenager. The outro ties it all together with "Your love was fiction, but I'll rise from this fall" - probably the most mature line I wrote at that age.

Like my other lyrics from that time, this sat dormant for decades until AI technology gave me the opportunity to finally hear these words with music. There's something magical about bringing teenage angst full circle with today's creative tools. The song now has that dramatic, emotional sound that matches the intensity I felt when I first wrote these words.

Shattered Illusions

From the self-titled EP out September 18th, 2015

Pre-order on iTunes and download this single now! https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/every-hour-kills/id1024582075
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Music by: Sacha Laskow
Lyrics by: Jerrod Maxwell-Lyster

Video by Jorgan Reddick Neighborkid Productions
Artwork by Galleon Creative

Lyrics:

Inside, I see your switching eyes. Deny me
Open door, split the frame, bend the hinge that bears it all

Your blood, your own

Innocence is a snake in the grass
It'll hide to assume the shape of us all,
plotting the moment to strike

Facing the open air breathing
Casting aside artificial pride
Who am I to believe that the things they have said
Clear us of one shred of guilt?

If it wasn't for the people
I've said this before
Without a question
They dragged me to shore
When I'm shackled by the demons
Afraid and alone
Give it up for the people
Your blood, Your own, Saviours

The outside, what's it like
I've tried, to escape three times
One with guilt, two with pride, three with no transgression

Crawling through fields
Of torturous hands
Taste, the smell, of the perilous past
Who am I, to assume, it's a wash in the end
Swearing on things that are dead

If it wasn't for the people
I've said this before
Without a question
They dragged me to shore
When I'm shackled by the demons
Afraid and alone
Give it up for the people
Your blood, Your own

Bring to life again
When you need to feel alive and then
You rewind to the faceless kind

If it wasn't for the people
I've said this before
Without a question
They dragged me to shore
When I'm shackled by the demons
Afraid and alone
Give it up for the people
Your blood, Your own, Saviours

Every Hour Kills uses: .Strandberg* Guitars || Fractal Audio || Dingwall Basses || Bareknuckle Pickups

For more info, please visit the following links:

Official Website: http://www.everyhourkills.com
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Every Hour Kills - SaviourS

NEW from the band's 2016 album.
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BackWordz- Statism (Ft. Craig Mabbitt Of Escape The Fate)

From the SOILWORK album, Sworn To A Great Divide

Breeding Thorns

SOILWORK - Breeding Thorns

Violet-Repeat

The Victim · Red

Declaration

℗ 2020 RED ENTERTAINMENT/The Fuel Music

RED - The Victim

	Throw The Fight are excited to announce their new 4 song EP "The Vault" is coming out on Bullet Tooth on March 19! Hot off the heels of their latest album "What Doesn't Kill Us" (June 26, 2012) and touring with their friends in Nonpoint, these guys have no intentions of slowing down and are anxious to release this new UNRELEASED material!  CD and digital pre-orders and song samples will be launched soon.

Throw The Fight "The Vault" (March 19, 2013)
01. Years Past
02. I Know
03. Breaking The Cycle
04. My Life In Your Hands

	According to guitarist, Ryan Baustert, “It’s going to be good to get some more tunes out there for everyone to hear. These songs are tracks that we recorded prior to “What Doesn’t Kill Us" and we’ve been saving them for a rainy day.”  Vocalist James Clark added, “The heart of the lyrics are about still having hope when the world seems against you. It's about seeing the big picture and understanding that you can't change the hand you have been dealt but you can make choices to change your outcome. No matter how difficult or hard some things seem, choose to change your own ending. It’s your story and you are the writer.”

	Revolver Magazine recently launched the worldwide premiere of the new Throw The Fight music video for "Not So Hollywood"! Check it out at RevolverMag.com (or at VEVO).  “Triple Threat Productions did a KILLER job producing the video. We had a great team going into this project and the whole experience was a ton of fun. All the people in this video are all close friends of the band, so that made everything that much more enjoyable. They made this video possible.” - Ryan Baustert (Guitar)

	Throw The Fight released their new album "What Doesn't Kill Us" this past June and the album continues the tradition of former acts from Minneapolis by delivering an authentic display of metal-edged, hard rock. It's the kind of energy one hears on the band's newest album, the John Feldmann (Atreyu, The Used) produced, "What Doesn't Kill Us".   The new single has had significant airplay and spins on Music Choice, SiriusXM Octane, CILU, KEYJ, KGAR, KILO, KISW, KMRQ, KQXR, KRDJ, KXXR, WAQX, WCPR, WEOS, WGRD, WHMH, WIIL, WJJR, WJRR, WRAT, WWBN, WWHG, WXCI, WXRX, and WZOR!

	Stay tuned for new music, tour dates, music videos, singles, and much more from Throw The Fight in 2013!

Throw The Fight is:
James Clark - Vocals 
Ryan Baustert - Guitar
Jonathan Sutton - Guitar/Vocals
Jeff Baustert - Drums
Kyle Glidden - Bass/Vocals

For More Info:
www.ThrowTheFight.com
www.Facebook.com/ThrowTheFight
www.Twitter.com/ThrowTheFightMN
www.YouTube.com/ThrowTheFightMusic
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www.KillerTours.com/ThrowTheFight

BackWordz- Statism (Ft. Craig Mabbitt Of Escape The Fate)

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