The Story of Our Lives

Description

The Story of Our Lives is a three-disc box set by the American alternative rock band The Violet Burning, independently released by the band in 2011. It is a concept album.

The culmination of more than two decades worth of creative endeavour, this triple disc, 44-song magnus opus is the daddy of them all. ‘The Story Of Our Lives’ is a journey which takes the listener through both external and internal conflicts. Each disc is themed to mark out the struggles both physical and spiritual which we face and band leader Mike Pritzl is making observations and sounding the alarm bells of a dystopian future for society whilst also pointing individuals to a personal spiritual future where it’s possible to beat the struggle and find hope. The power of these songs is that Pritzl doesn’t sugar-coat any of this like so much Christian art and instead we get plenty of dark to balance out the light in a realistic artistic vision. Musically, this is the band’s finest work yet and took three years to complete. It’s an artistic triumph and even the packaging is stunning! It’s worth every penny to experience. [Mike Rimmer, Cross Rhythms, December 2011 (from “The 20 Best Albums Of 2011”)]

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3CD tracklist:

Disc One – Th3 Fanta5t1c Mach1n3

1-01. Aurora
1-02. Where It All Begins
1-03. Lights Out
1-04. Graves (Till The End)
1-05. Br0thr Part 1
1-06. Machine Beat Sabbatha
1-07. Imminent Collapse
1-08. There Is No End
1-09. Br0thr Part 2 (The Lights Have Gone)
1-10. I Don’t Belong
1-11. Firstborn From The Dead
1-12. The Letting
1-13. The Fantastic Machine
1-14. The Loudest Sound In My Heart
1-15. Leaving (But, I Don’t Wanna Leave You)

Disc Two – Black As Death

2-01. My Name Is Night
2-02. Maelstrom
2-03. Breakdown
2-04. Where Do We Belong?
2-05. Rock Is Dead
2-06. Nowhere, CA
2-07. Sung
2-08. In Ruin
2-09. Lacuna

Disc Three – Liebe Über Alles

3-01. Mojave
3-02. Mon Desir
3-03. Finest Hour
3-04. The Light Poured Down On Me
3-05. Arc
3-06. I Caught Fire
3-07. Cardiac
3-08. Liebe Uber Alles
3-09. Change Of Heart
3-10. Made For You

Note: The 3-disc box set includes the CDs The Fantastic Machine, Black As Death, and Liebe Über Alles as well as an 80-page booklet. The 1st edition is hand numbered.

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“Rock is Dead” (MUSIC VIDEO)

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“Mon Désir” (MUSIC VIDEO)