![]() ![]() Noticeably it has fewer highlights from Duncan Patterson's performance, but is still able to bring tension and anticipation on the title track and "Re-Connect".Īmong the best things about Alternative 4 is the improved performance of Vincent Cavanagh's vocals. His performance went from a shy-induced dirty singer that struggled with reaching high notes in Eternity to a singer that finally understands his true range and how to utilize it better. The grit and aggression is completely void, and continues to improve with his clean singing. ![]() However, like the previous record, his tone is low energy, which is needed in an album that's meant to be bleak. He even utilizes a wide range on the title track, where he has that defeated nasal sound, but also Middle Eastern-sounding key changes and long sustain by the end of the song. By the way, the title track has one of the best examples of vocal crescendo in a metal album. The lyrics are also bleak in Alternative 4. The theme of the lyrics is trust, but it reaches to depressing and even suicidal thoughts like in "Empty" and the title track. "I'll Dance With Angels to Celebrate the Holocaust" remains as one of (if not THE) most depressing line I've ever heard (seriously, who thinks like that?) and that is benefited further with Vincent's already depressing vampiric nasal vocals on that part of the title track. While most of the lyrical themes are crafted primarily by Duncan Patterson, Danny and Vincent Cavanagh are writing more lyrics to enhance the album's already depressing tone. ![]()
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