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A desperation amidst both moments of riff-heavy excitement and chug-filled breakdowns, which listeners know well, but have never heard quite the way it’s presented here. It’s the closest to opening his diary and allowing us to read each page line by line vocalist Shane Told has managed to convey to date, and it’s relentlessly honest. Each chapter represents an area on the globe where the city in which the real life events detailed in each song take place. The album is broken into four chapters: “Borealis” (North), “Austeralis” (South), “Zephyrus” (West) and “Eurus” (East). Both heavy and soft, the album offers a diverse showcase of the seasoned band’s proven chops, as well as a smattering of new ideas to keep things fresh for longtime fans. Having survived over a decade in the scene, not to mention the coming and going of numerous musical trends, Silverstein have once again reaffirmed their place atop the hard rock hierarchy with I Am Alive In Everything I Touch. If any of us outlast Silverstein in the music business then there truly is no God and we are all doomed.