So what makes it so great? Rise Against is a brilliant blend of punk rock and melodic hardcore. But nothing they have ever written has had the lasting impression that Rise Against gave me with The Sufferer & The Witness. But you would probably be wrong in assuming who I’m there to see. Now, if I were to tell you I was seeing Killswitch Engage play with Rise Against, I’m sure you’d quickly assume my only reason for attendance would be to reminisce. And I absolutely can’t wait to see what they bring to a live set. So why bring it up now? Quite simply, the same Rise Against will be playing my hometown in a few short months with Killswitch Engage. It practically defined a year of my life. I remember picking it up and blasting it over and over back in high school. I say that because I cannot comprehend how this album is almost a decade old. The Sufferer & The Witness, amazingly, came out July 4th, 2006. It’s an album I’m very familiar with, for good reason.
And that album, of course, is 2006’s The Sufferer & The Witness. One that I haven’t discussed before is the quintessential release from melodic hardcore masterminds, Rise Against. I’m referring to a collection of tracks you become addicted to for years. I’m not talking about an earworm that lasts for a few weeks. Every great while an album comes around that just sticks with you that maybe - or probably - shouldn’t, either because it falls into a genre you don’t typically appreciate, or, well…it just isn’t that good.
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