Pillar - The Reckoning (2006)

Artist: Pillar
Album: The Reckoning
Format: Audio CD
Bitrate: VBR kbps

Track Listing:
01 Everything
02 Awake
03 When Tomorrow Comes
04 The Reckoning
05 Tradegy
06 Last Goodbye
07 Angel in Disguise
08 Elysian
09 Crossfire
10 Resolution
11 Sometimes
12 Wherever The Wind Blows
13 Chasing Shadows At Midnight

Album Reviews

Over two years after the bands amazing album, Where Do We Go from Here, Flicker recording artist Pillar is back with the bands fourth, full length album, The Reckoning. Thirteen tracks, almost fifty minutes long, and Pillar has them self another great album! The Reckoning is well worth the wait that many Pillar fans have had to endure since they’re last project.

Pillar is a Christian numetal-band from Oklahoma that is building a fanbase since their debut “Above” in 2001. After that two full-length albums followed in “Fireproof”(2002) and “Where do we go from here”(2004). Now, after 2 years of hard working with passion, the fourth album “The Reckoning” will see the light of day on the 3rd of October.

I have to admit that I hadn’t heard their music until this new album so I had to check out their previous albums and I can easily say that this is by far their best album to date.
This album has many different styles of rock, so there will be something for almost everyone here. The main part consists of course of heavy stomping numetalsongs. Opener “Everything” is a worthy opener with heavy guitarriffs and excellent vocals of frontman Rob Beckley. The album continues with the even better “Awake”. Listen to the great melodic riffs on this song, awesome. Screaming vocals are also part of various songs. Mostly I am not into that kind of singing, but it doesn’t bother me on this album, because it is has a minor role.

“When tomorrow comes” is more melodic than the band has even been in the past. The heavy slow rockin’ monster “The Reckoning” is followed by the uptempo, screamin’ “Tragedy”. If you thought you had heard some riffin’ until then, then I invite you to listen to the pre-chorus of this great song! One of the best songs of the album. The song is about our worst enemy. Most of the time we ourselves are our worst enemy.

The excellent powerballad “Last Goodbye” continues strongly. Let Rob Beckley tell us what this song is all about: ‘I was out with a friend who got a phone call that one of his sons was in a car wreck. On his way to the accident, he passed another wreck. As he pulled up to the first car wreck, he found out that his son was dead. Then he got a phone call that the wreck he had passed minutes earlier was his other son. So, both of his sons died in almost simultaneous car accidents. Take advantage of the opportunity to tell your spouse, parents, or kids that you care about them because you never know.”

“Angel in disguise” is a beautiful easy listening ballad with again strong and deep lyrics.
The heaviest riffs of this cd are surely on “Crossfire”. This song is destined to blow you away! After this the train races on with “Resolution” again a song with a great mix between powerriffs and melody.

When you thought you heard it all, then the band continues with the powerpop-song “Something”! Yeh right…powerpop! A very nice surprise.
“Wherever the wind blows” is again an excellent ballad that preceeds “Chasing shadows at midnight” the final song of this great album.

The band sailed a different course on this album than on the other albums, but they won’t let their fans down and they will gain a lot more! Highly recommended.

Review from Melodic.net

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