Roadside Heretics

Roadside Heretics
Studio album by The Awakening
Released 2002
Recorded 2002 Intervention Studios Johannesburg, South Africa
Genre Gothic rock
Industrial rock
Length 52:01
Label Intervention Arts
Producer Ashton Nyte
The Awakening chronology
The Fourth Seal of Zeen
(2000)		 Roadside Heretics
(2002)		 Darker Than Silence
(2004)

Roadside Heretics is the 5th studio album by the South African gothic rock band The Awakening, released in 2002.[1]

Recording

In June 2002 The Awakening recorded its most aggressive album, Roadside Heretics. Regarding Roadside Heretics, HM Magazine wrote that "Ashton Nyte has a great understanding of the gothic aesthetic. Besides modern day mainstream breakthroughs like Trent Reznor and Marilyn Manson, The Awakening would surely make David Bowie, Peter Murphy, and Lou Reed proud... he can still make us squirm with a sensuous love song like "Cover." Brilliant."[2]

Additional reviews drew attention to the "quieter pieces" of the album such as songs like "My World" as they showcase the strengths of Ashton Nyte in "both vocals and composition."[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Ashton Nyte.

  1. "Roadside heretics"
  2. "Mirror Tricks"
  3. "The Maker"
  4. "Beautiful"
  5. "My World"
  6. "Fallen"
  7. "Angels"
  8. "Away from Home"
  9. "The No-where Mind"
  10. "Tracey-junkie"
  11. "Complexion"
  12. "Cover"

References

  1. ^ Intervention Arts (2002). "The Awakening - Roadside Heretics". Intervention Arts. Intervention Arts. Archived from the original on 2007-06-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20070607135915/http://www.awakening.co.za/roadside_heretics.php. Retrieved 2007-09-22. 
  2. ^ HM Magazine (2003). "The Awakening - Roadside Heretics". HM Magazine. HM Magazine. http://www.hmmagazine.com/reviews/album/a/awakening_the_roadside_heretics0203.php. Retrieved 2007-09-22. 
  3. ^ MyRevelations (2002). "The Awakening - Roadside Heretics". http://www.myrevelations.de/index.php?section=reviews&module=cdreviews&submodule=review_detail&reviewid=1589&PHPSESSID=35c027df3123c4ab9d91edc2fa4cfc59. Retrieved 2007-09-22.