![]() Unlike Siren Song‘s opener “State of the Union”, the loudest, angriest, most bare-bones hardcore on the album (perhaps an attempt to show that the band hadn’t softened their attack on a major label), TSATW opens with the less acerbic, and all around more mediocre “Chamber the Cartridge”. The ode to old school hardcore comes later on with “Bricks”, a loud, biting song with a chorus that matches the brash guitar attack: “With hope in our hearts and bricks in our hands we sing for a change”. “Drones” takes this mile-a-minute mentality and mixes it with a rolling bassline, pleading vocals, and harmonies to showcase Rise Against at its finest, fusing melody with aggression. Lead singer and lyric writer Tim Mcllrath’s ragged vocals provide the glue that holds the firestorm together. With earnestness that emo singers can only dream of and the ability to sing and scream on key, Mcllrath’s voice is one of the best in loud music. ![]() The content of his yowls also sets Mcllrath apart from his colleagues in scream. While much of the band’s subject matter is politically and socially conscious in nature, Mcllrath and the boys do not call for anarchy or curse the government. Rise Against prefers the reflective approach, pondering rather loudly over man’s inhumanity to his fellow man and war-torn scenes in tracks such as “Behind Closed Doors.” Mcllrath’s lyrics also focus on a more microscopic scale, with introspective songs about past relationships (“Roadside”) and his frustrated search for meaning (“Worth Dying For”). RISE AGAINST THE SUFFERER AND THE WITNESS ALBUM ARTWORK PLUS.The band finished the tour with a few US special Christmas shows, like the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas special. The band performed a shorter than usual set, with co-headliners The Used, Aiden and Gallows, with Drop Dead, Gorgeous and The Bled (in Japan only) and The Blackout (in Europe only). The band then co-headlined the Taste of Chaos 2007 International Edition Tour, in Australia, Japan and Europe. Upon returning to the States, the band co-headlined a summer tour with Silverstein and Comeback Kid, with various guest supporting acts, including 2Cents, Smoke or Fire, Sum 41 (1 date), Pennywise and Strung Out (1 date), and Holy Roman Empire, whose singer Emily Schambra contributed vocals to the band's album. The band then returned for another European leg, supported by Cancer Bats and The Bronx. This followed a short Australian tour, followed by another North American leg, which consisted of a Canadian tour, co-headlined by Billy Talent, Anti-Flag and Moneen and the rest were US dates, where the band supported My Chemical Romance. The band then returned for a full-scale North American tour with co-headliners Circa Survive, Billy Talent and Thursday though Billy Talent were forced to cancel the first 5 dates and were replaced by Evergreen Terrace. The band then embarked on a short European summer leg, with A Wilhelm Scream and Berri Txarrak supporting. The tour began with the band headlining the 2006 Vans Warped Tour in the summer, a few weeks before the release of the album. ![]() The Sufferer & The Witness Tour was a concert tour by punk band Rise Against, that took from 2006 until 2007, in support of their second major label album (fourth overall), The Sufferer & The Witness. McIlrath performing with Rise Against during the 2006 Warped Tour in Vancouver
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