Rock and roll is all about standing up for what you believe in, loudly and proudly. It’s fighting for your right to party, and doing it every day. The edge of hard rock music is always underscored by the power behind it and the intensity it brings to push through any obstacle. Mark Wise makes that abundantly clear with his single “The Fire Within,” an explosive track that proves that it’s a one-track thrill ride.
The track starts with twangy, distorted guitar plucks with rapid percussion offsetting the guitar. It creates a strange aesthetic and draws you in before the guitars kick into overdrive. The high-octane guitars sets up the righteous screams of Mark Wise, delivering a rush of adrenaline when they crash onto the scene. The percussion carries the guitars, which follow the vocal performance closely before breaking into an ethereal guitar solo that hits smack in the middle of the track. The subtle synths begin to rise before the solo moves into full swing, adding a sense of immersive inertia that elevates the changeover. The melodic shredding is underscored by airy percussions that jam on the cymbals before retaking the track with an awesome breakdown that leads back to the pulse-pounding chorus. The lines “power surging, overwhelming, motivated, detonation” are delivered with such over-the-top intensity that excellently compliments the adrenaline-fueled instrumentals. It retakes the track with authority and brings it back down from the high of the solo like a meteor hitting the ground.
“The Fire Within” is a fun, high-intensity thrill ride of a track that will get your blood pumping. It wastes no time in setting up its pulse-pounding aesthetic and follows through until the end. The shredding guitars, powerful hard rock vocals and unending percussion makes it easy to get lost in the chaos the track sows. While it may not be for everyone, anyone looking to rock out need look no further than this track.
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