Frameshift, An Absence of Empathy - 1h 14m 1s

Tracks & Durations

1. Human Grain	4:41
2. Just One More	5:49
3. Miseducation	5:41
4. I Killed You	9:01
5. This Is Gonna Hurt	4:34
6. Push The Button	6:09
7. In An Empty Room	5:51
8. Outcast	5:32
9. Blade	9:22
10. How Long Can I Resist	6:05
11. When I Look Into My Eyes	5:12
12. What Kind Of Animal	5:56

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Review

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent This quote illustrates what this album is about. It is about violence -- human violence, to be precise. It is ever-present and, in varying degrees, ingrained in all of us. Just like wood grain, violence is inherent to our nature, but the question is, what factors determine who lets is show through and how does it show itself? The same questions haunt the protagonist of An Absence of Empathy. He is a curious individual who wants to know why the media is filled with news about murder, rape and war -- and he is afraid that he might have the potential for violence himself. He starts to research the subject, but it isnt enough. It cant show him what motivates the person that acts violently or what plagues them, and it doesnt make him feel the pain of the victims. His desire to understand one of humanitys most basic traits leads to a series of vivid dreams dreams that appear to be so real that he cant escape this dreamworld until it is all over. In them, he becomes the killer, he becomes the rapist, he becomes the soldier, he becomes the mother crying for her daughter who was raped. The first song introduces the theme and illustrates how our main character is plagued by his questions about humanitys major flaw. He starts a journey into the minds of other people to experience violence firsthand. At the end of the album, he draws his own conclusions, and asks himself if there is nothing else to us besides hurting each other. The answer he finds is worthy of discovery. An Absence of Empathy takes you into the psyche of several different people who are either experiencing or acting out violence. Each form of violence is dealt with in two songs, each one shedding light on a different point view of the scenario. For example, one song illustrates a torture scene from the point of view of the torturer; its counterpoint takes you into the same room, this time from the point of view of the tortured. Another pairing is about violence in schools. One song deals with a teacher using psychological violence towards his students (who then rebel), while the other song is about a school shooting.

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