| Children Of Fire | ||||
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| Studio album by Oh, Sleeper | ||||
| Released | September 6, 2011 | |||
| Genre | Metalcore | |||
| Length | 36:44 | |||
| Label | Solid State | |||
| Producer | Andreas Magnusson | |||
| Oh, Sleeper chronology | ||||
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Children Of Fire is the third album by American metalcore band, Oh, Sleeper. It was released on September 6, 2011, in the United States through Solid State Records.[1]
Contents |
The concept of the album mainly focuses on the aftermath of the battle between God and Satan. Its beginning picks up from the very last part of "The Finisher," the last track on their previous album Son of the Morning, where took place the final battle between God and Satan in which ends in God severing the horns of satan and now as the starting of the aftermath in this album, Satans horns have fallen to the ground, causing both God and Satan to vanish. Now all of humanity is left wondering what happened, and so the first half of the album is everyone coming to the general consensus that God and Satan are both dead; that they have killed each other in battle, so now there in no fear of Hell, nor awarding of Heaven.
The album also follows two characters, one being an overzealous religious type who feels betrayed that he had devoted his life to God and that God has abandoned him and everything and it drives his faith to unfurl and it reveals that he had a shallow understanding of God. The other character is his daughter, who was a profound atheist, but became proven wrong after being a witness of the battle between God and Satan. This delays her questioning Christians and why they read God and Satan in different, less violent ways than she has just seen them. Towards the end of the album, she finds a group of believers who give her all the answers to her questions. The album then ends with the destruction of the world that is somehow due to everything that has happened.
In concept to show the effect of a world without the fear of God, Oh, Sleeper have written out two songs that are based on past murders. The fourth track "Hush Yael", narrates the story of Samir Kuntar, and the murders that he committed at the age of 16. The sixth track "Dealers of Fame", is a first-person narrative telling of the Dnepropetrovsk maniacs, whom are most infamous for their online leaked video depicting the two torturing an elderly man in a forest.
All lyrics written by Micah Kinard, except Means to Believe, lyrics by Shane Blay, all music composed by Oh, Sleeper.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Endseekers" | 3:06 |
| 2. | "Shed Your Soul" | 2:36 |
| 3. | "The Marriage of Steel and Skin" | 2:56 |
| 4. | "Hush Yael" | 4:29 |
| 5. | "The Conscience Speaks" | 1:13 |
| 6. | "Dealers of Fame" | 3:01 |
| 7. | "Means to Believe" | 3:14 |
| 8. | "In the Wake of Pigs" | 3:10 |
| 9. | "Claws of a God" | 2:46 |
| 10. | "The Family Ruin" | 3:36 |
| 11. | "Chewing the Stitch" | 3:08 |
| 12. | "Children of Fire" | 3:29 |
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Total length:
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36:44 | |