Blackout is based on the perspective of someone facing the end and reflecting back on the good points of their life. Hysteria consists of a fat bass line where no-one can put their headphones down because the groove is so seductive that it lures you straight in. Stockholm Syndrome is one of the tracks that show Muse are just ambitious as they were on their predecessor. The composition behind Stockholm Syndrome is effortless because the way Muse accompany a heavy guitar riff with classical piano is genius. Within the first seconds of Stockholm Syndrome, the listener already knows that the character of this track is crazy, wild and bombastically bonkers. The song makes the listener feel sympathetic for Bellamy because the soundscapes place him on a different planet while he sings about missing someone. The structure and intensity of this song defines what an apocalypse would feel like! Sing For Absolution provides lovely soundscapes.

Time Is Running Out is a phenemonon among fans and it’s understandable why. By presenting different concepts, it shows a lovely contrast in themes. Apocalypse Please was inspired by the beginnings of the Iraq War as the lyrics suggest “ Declare this an emergency/Come on and spread a sense of urgency/And pull us through/And this is the end/The end/This is the end of the world.” With Muse pushing the topic of the Iraq War, it gives Absolution a mysterious aspect because after Origin of Symmetry, fans would have expected the band to follow up with similar themes on Origin. In Intro you are able to hear soldiers marching which already indicates that Muse have changed the direction of their song-writing, as the next song is Apocalypse Please which has a political aspect to it. In fact Absolution couldn’t have been anything but ambitious.Ībsolution starts with Intro/Apocalypse Please. This leads to the question, how in God’s name were they going to be able to top a bonkers and ingenious album like Origin of Symmetry? With fans already exploring the minds of Muse, everyone expected that the band wouldn’t be able to top concepts such as tracing the origin of the mathematical perfection of the universe, which would lead you to find God. After the success of Muse’s Origin of Symmetry in 2001, the band had finally established the direction they were going to be heading for.

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