Composition: 3 Memorability: 3 Emotional Response: 3 Instrumentation: 3 Lyrics: 2 Total: 14 Rank: 62 (Tied with "Unforgiven II") Just above "Leper Messiah," "Low Man's Lyric," and "Dream No More" Just below "Nothing Else Matters," "Ain't My Bitch," and "Battery" I really enjoy this song! It has a simple composition, but those additional measures of 2/4 and the simplicity of it all makes it really fun to listen to. James' voice shines once again with some unforgettable hooks that make me smile (or "stank face") almost every time. The lyrics don't say much, so the only standard score falls here, but it is an otherwise above-average song for me.

Gotta 100% agree with your comment on Jaymz's vocals on this song and the entire album. Throaty, raw at times and full of emotions is how I'd describe them. I've always heard in interviews and form others that he was not always keen on his vocals but man his his voice "matured" with this record (and/or he's been putting in the work with a vocal coach).

This song is based on riffs Kirk wrote, introducing them in a tuning room video. I actually wrote an entire song around those riffs that, because of the Phrygianity of the riffs, I nicknamed "Roam 2: Still Roaming".

From the title alone, this track sounded promising, and it delivered. This song is incredibly underrated, and I cannot wait to hear it live. It is so dark, heavy and eerie, and James excelled vocally. I honestly think he deserves an award of some sort for his performance throughout 72 Seasons. That slope on “wire” is just exquisitely evil. I would compare it to “ooh, sweet amber” from Sweet Amber. James’s harsh, hard delivery of the first word in the verses is really cool (“It”, “this”, drips”, “deep”). It sounds like a wince of pain. I do not mind that it is structurally pretty simplistic, because it makes it very powerful and memorable. That main riff is so menacing, eerie and sinister. The bridge with the hits was pretty cool, as was the solo, and the outro riff was also really heavy. I do think it would have been nice to have some kind of vocal call-and-response with the hits in the bridge. Something like “take it [the crown] off me”, followed by the hi-hat hits. I also think the final chorus could have been slightly different, to have some sort of variation for the end. Such as: “This fading king dies alone Bled out right down to the bone Cursed me with torment Sinking to Hell all alone” However, as it is, the song is still really excellent. This song's main theme is getting what you wanted, but not the way you wanted it. Like a farmer wanting rain for his crops, only to get a deluge which wipes out his farm. In this case, you have a symbol of power and control, but at a hefty cost which you are doomed to carry for the rest of your days. The song slightly reminded me of the grim story of Gyorgy Dozsa (pronounced more-or-less Georgie Doz-sa), a Hungarian revolutionary who wanted to overthrow the ruling Hungarian nobility and become king. However, he was captured, and forced to wear a crown made of heated iron, while holding a heated iron sceptre, while seated on a heated iron throne, mocking his desire to be king. He got what he wanted, but not the way he wanted it. I can imagine the character in the song going mad from the sheer pain of his ‘crown’, as his kingdom crumbles away, barely noticing it until he is near his own end. The song is very simplistic, but it is still really powerful and menacing. C: 3 M: 4 E.R: 4 I: 3 L: 3 Score: 17/20

I love this, theyre using ram chords, its not something they do in the past, its a deep cut and Lars feeling Phil Rudd vibes here. Its sounds dirty and mighty.

While I don't think this is a standout on the album I definitely enjoy this one. The main riff (and verse with the vocals added) sounds so dirty and awesome, and that riff in the middle section is a serious standout moment on the album for me and when Lars comes back in with the main beat after the cymbals and hits it's satisfying. Pre chorus and chorus are fine for me but don't really excite me too much, and if I had another nitpick I think the intro repeating the bouncy guitar part over and over with that bouncy sort of drum part is a bit goofy to me and oddly kind of St. Angery lol.

5:31 - Ba dum, tssh.

Bro u should react to killswitch engage's albums "as daylight dies" and "the end of heartache"

Regarding what you’re saying about Metallica not having played this song live. There is a structure to how they’ll be playing all of the songs off this album. When they toured Europe 2023, they played the main singles and added two songs, You Must Burn and Sleepwalk Away, perhaps because the music videos for those two songs and the main singles all had Metallica performing in them. Then for the US 2023 tour, they kept the four singles and added Shadows Follow and Too Far Gone. Now I believe that the four main singles will be kept the same in the setlists, but for Europe 2024, I predict they’ll add Chasing Light and Crown of Barbed Wire, then for the US 2024 tour, they’ll have Room of Mirrors and Inamorata, but I have a strong feeling that Inamorata will be played at the four Mexico shows as those are the last shows and the two year tour will officially end, and using Inamorata will end the tour on a high at Mexico.

You need to watch the recent tribute to Elton John that Metallica did and review that. (Funeral For A Friend/ Love Lies Bleeding) here is one link to it - kzread.info/dash/bejne/gYJmlcGzXc7Ffps.html

I absolutely love the main riff, but for some reason this song just doesnt land with me. It feels kind of boring and I don't love the chorus.

This song is kind of a stinker for me lol. Main riff is nice and evil but not strong enough to be the main riff, everything else about it, including the MV just seems like a big mistake. PS: The music video is mostly drawn over actual images, some even being stock photos, while some of it is AI.

A bit of a boaring song , but the riffs are good.