Track Listing

1. Remains of the Gods
2. Obituary
3. Guardian in a Passerby
4. Hunt
5. Letter to My Abuser
6. Fractured by the Fall
7. Static Masses
8. Guiding the North Star
9. Your Devoted Victim
10. Last Catastrophe

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #126588 in Music
• Released on: 2005-05-17
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Customer Reviews

surprise!!!
I picked this up so I could get a discount at the store I bought it at and it had kind of a cool cover. And it turned out to be a very good death metal album that features a female singer. Very nice. Couldn't tell until I read the names inside. This is some pretty refreshing stuff, what with modern metal full of breakdowns and all, this is pretty much straight ahead guitar progression and death metal vocals instead of the usual vocal styles of the day which start to sound alike after awhile. Very talented band. The lyrics are interesting at times two, almost too personal. I hope the songs about child abuse aren't the singers story, but maybe this a cathartic outlet for her. Good release and I recommend it highly.

Light This City...Straight San Francisco Thrash
If you are a fan of true metal, metal devoid of its hardcore-influenced breakdowns and simple chord progressions but glorious with assaulting guitar melodies and thrashing brutality, then Light This City is the clear choice.

Their last CD "The Hero Cycle" (which isn't available on Amazon and was independently released) was definitely a savage album. If you can, pick it up...fans of "Remains of the Gods" will appreciate the band a lot more if they can see the transformation they underwent for the new album. Instrumentation is much tighter, and Laura's voice is unleashed.

But even if you haven't heard 2003's "The Hero Cycle," this Prosthetic release will show anybody how metal is done. New metal pretty much sucks...bands like Avenged Sevenfold, Shadows Fall, etc are a disgrace. Hardcore-influenced metal bands (metalcore) come a dime a dozen and are, quite frankly, pretty awful.

But there are a few gems in the metal world today...Darkest Hour (though "Undoing Ruin" was a step down from "Hidden Hands of A Sadist Nation"), The Black Dahlia Murder, Conducting From The Grave...bands who approach thrash as it should be done. Add Light This City to the list.

I won't go into the specifics, but pretty much every song (aside from "The Hunt") is a thrill ride straight through. The kid who writes these songs knows guitar melodies and can transition flawlessly between them, the drummer can handle his dual-bass with ease, and the female vocalist is both beautiful and blessed with a growl that could bring one to tears. This CD is one of the most listenable so far of 2005, and should definitely be owned. Next time they come through your town, Light This City are not a show to be missed...anyone at the 58 Tehama St. show will know!

Long live thrash metal.... long live Light This City.

Fan of Darkest Hour/The Black Dahlia Murder?
Review by Mike Watson:

Hailing from the Prosthetic Records family is the very metal, Light This City. With their Prosthetic debut, Remains Of The Gods, Light This City show us that metal does have a place for women. The great thing about the vocals is until you look at pictures of the band and then re-listen to the album, you would have no idea their vocalist is a female. The even better part is, while most bands w/ female vocalists use that as a gimmick, Light this City strays far away from any kind of gimmick.

Remains Of The Gods sounds like the child of the almighty Black Dahlia Murder impregnated by Darkest Hour style thrash. This album is a flawless metal album, as fans of either aforementioned bands should already know. There really isn't a whole lot that sets Light This City apart from other bands of its kind which means with newer metalheads this one may slip through the cracks.

With great Darkest Hour style melodic riffing and Black Dahlia Murder style high and low guttural growls, this album is a must have if you like to head bang. If your neck is a little worn out, you may want to sit this one out.