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Billy Talent III
Rock · 2009 · 14 tracks · 54m

Billy Talent III

Billy Talent

Surgically precise punk rock meeting big-budget arena production. Sharp, staccato riffs and soaring, nasal harmonies built for maximum catharsis.

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It's like punk rock went to finishing school and came back with bigger riffs and a darker attitude.

A high-tension blend of defiant energy and dark, melodic introspection.

Billy Talent III · vs · Billy Talent
Thunderstorm+2.2σ

Thunderstorm saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks · 54m
01
Devil on My Shoulder
3:50
02
Rusted From the Rain
4:13
03
Saint Veronika
4:09
04
Tears Into Wine
4:12
05
White Sparrows
3:14
06
Pocketful of Dreams
3:21
07
The Dead Can’t Testify
4:27
08
Diamond on a Landmine
4:30
09
Turn Your Back
3:22
10
Sudden Movements
3:39
11
Definition of Destiny
4:02
12
Tears Into Wine
3:51
13
White Sparrows
3:58
14
Turn Your Back
3:22
Moments Worth Waiting For
the swampy, blues-driven slide guitar opening of Rusted from the Rain that signals a shift in the band's sonic DNA
the frantic, descending guitar lick in Saint Veronika that mimics a mental spiral before the explosive chorus
the theatrical, almost gothic vocal delivery and haunting bridge during The Dead Can't Testify
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