Thrice - The Illusion Of Safety

Thrice delivers the most intense brand of hard hitting, fast paced punk rock around, straight to your eardrums. What can I say to justify the superiority of this record? This album is definitely one of the best I have ever heard. The complex and inventive guitar lines, full of different playing styles and strumming, combined with remarkable bass that compliments and sometimes follows the heaving down tuned guitar lines, is awesome. With amazing drum work that only heightens the intensity of the metal driven guitar riffs, this record is all around amazing. Thrice tackles inescapable melodies that will get right in your head, and belts out screams of anguish and heavy emotion that will make you want to bust your walls down. With some of the more intelligent lyrics you will find, and some of the most ingenious musical creations, this record has it all. Check out this record, I guarantee you wont regret it. This record is my pick for best of 2002.