{"id":1220,"date":"2015-01-27T23:40:13","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T23:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/?p=1220"},"modified":"2015-01-28T14:37:06","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T14:37:06","slug":"1220","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/?p=1220","title":{"rendered":"The Dreaming &#8211; &#8220;Rise Again&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Rise Again<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Metropolis Records<br \/>\nBy Doktor John<a href=\"http:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The_Dreaming-Rise_Again.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The_Dreaming-Rise_Again.jpg\" alt=\"The_Dreaming-Rise_Again\" width=\"520\" height=\"307\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The_Dreaming-Rise_Again.jpg 520w, https:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The_Dreaming-Rise_Again-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stabbing Westward\u2019s lead vocalist Christopher Hall and programmer\/keyboardist Walter Flakus have been reinventing themselves as The Dreaming since the demise of the parent band in 2002. Three EP releases, a video, a track for the movie \u201cElektra\u201d and live performances on the West Coast have kept them busy since the band\u2019s inception. Joined by former SW drummer Johnny Haro, plus a bass and a guitarist, \u201cRise Again\u201d is clearly a resurrection of the immensely popular Stabbing Westward style.           <\/p>\n<p>The newest CD, \u201cRise Again\u201d is scheduled for release this coming February and captures all the intensity and ecstatic bombast of the original band.<\/p>\n<p>Consisting of 10 tracks, \u201cRise Again\u201d is characterized by Hall\u2019s extraordinary tenor vocals, full of intensity and defiance, accompanied by bombastic, symphonic metal.<\/p>\n<p>The titles and the lyrics are profound and penetrating, mostly probing harsh, even painful emotions. The third track asks, \u201cWhy do all your kisses taste like death?\u201d The fifth track aggressively asserts, \u201cI will not be afraid anymore\u201d as a kind of self-assuring mantra. I think you get the idea.<\/p>\n<p>From the first track, \u201cAlone\u201d with its galloping cadence and accusatory tone, to the final and title track, \u201cRise Again,\u201d every track has a delicious, melodious hook and a restless, hypnotic groove. Angry, belching guitars are woven into fast-paced electronic rhythms that will have industrial dancers in a frenzy on the dance floors or fervently bobbing their heads on the sidelines. For those who loved and sorely miss the now-defunct Stabbing Westward, this revival of that sound is more than welcome.<br \/>\nRating: A+<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rise Again Metropolis Records By Doktor John Stabbing Westward\u2019s lead vocalist Christopher Hall and programmer\/keyboardist Walter Flakus have been reinventing themselves as The Dreaming since the demise of the parent band in 2002. Three EP releases, a video, a track for the movie \u201cElektra\u201d and live performances on the West Coast have kept them busy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1220"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1220"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1223,"href":"https:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1220\/revisions\/1223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}