Ride the Void

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Ride the Void
Holy Grail studio album

Publication
(s)

2013

Label (s) Prosthetic Records , Nuclear Blast

Genre (s)

Heavy metal

Title (number)

13

running time

53 min 6 s

occupation
  • Guitar: Alex Lee

production

Matt Hyde

Studio (s)

Sunset Lodge Studios, Los Angeles

chronology
Crisis in Utopia
(2010) 		Ride the Void -

Ride the Void is the second studio album by the US heavy metal band Holy Grail . It was released on January 18, 2013 in North America via Prosthetic Records and in Europe via Nuclear Blast .

Origin and background

During the songwriting for Ride the Void , the band resorted to numerous ideas that were not used for the debut album Crisis in Utopia . According to guitarist Eli Santana, the musicians lacked both time and musical maturity in the preparation. In total, the band wrote over 30 songs for Ride the Void , twelve of which were used for the album. The recordings took place at Sunset Lodge Studios in Los Angeles . Produced was Ride the Void by Matt Hyde , while Mark Lewis, the album mixed .

Track list

  1. Archeus - 2:15
  2. Bestia Triumphans - 5:48
  3. Dark Passenger - 4:11
  4. Bleeding Stone - 4:20
  5. Ride the Void - 4:30
  6. Too Decayed to Wait - 4:12
  7. Crosswinds - 4:07
  2. Take it to the Grave - 3:49
  3. Sleep of Virtue - 4:49
  4. Silence the Scream - 5:29
  5. The Great Artifice - 3:49
  6. Wake Me When It's Over - 1:15
  7. Rains of Sorrow - 4:32

reception

Ronny Bittner from the German magazine Rock Hard described Ride the Void as a “high quality distillate from modernity and tradition”. Since the band "with all the variety never forgets the catchy vocal melodies and catchy choruses" Bittner gave 7.5 out of ten points. Anzo Sadoni from the German magazine Metal Hammer praised the band's “solid craft”, but criticized that the band “doesn't write any big hits or catchy tunes” and that singer James Paul Luna is “just an average vocalist”. Sadoni rated the album four out of seven. For Thomas Patsch from the online magazine Stormbringer , the album “undoubtedly has its highlights”, but “unfortunately too seldom can it rise above the crowd”. Patsch rated Ride the Void with 3.5 out of five points. Daniel Køtz from the online magazine CDstarts.de described the album as "the missing link between metalcore kiddies and traditional mat wearers", which was "still a bit uninspired in places", but "solid and technically even great". He gave the album six out of ten points.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ronnie Pape: It's all in the mix! . In: Blast !, No. 100, page 48
  2. ^ Ronny Bittner: Holy Grail - Ride the Void . In: Rock Hard , January 2013, p. 99
  3. ↑ Anzo Sadoni: Holy Grail - Ride the Void . In: Metal Hammer , February 2013, page 84
  4. ↑ stormbringer.at: Holy Grail - Ride the Void
  5. ↑ CDstarts.de: Holy Grail - Ride the Void