{"id":5547,"date":"2020-11-27T23:34:21","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T23:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heavensmetalmagazine.com\/?p=5547"},"modified":"2020-11-28T03:56:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T03:56:50","slug":"eric-clayton-a-thousand-scars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heavensmetalmagazine.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/27\/eric-clayton-a-thousand-scars\/","title":{"rendered":"ERIC CLAYTON: A Thousand Scars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It should come as no surprise that, given enough time in the creative process and studio, Eric Clayton would create a musical masterpiece par excellence. What is surprising, however, is how palatable the music is compared to his body of work with Saviour Machine. Clayton and company have always crafted perfect notes and well-placed melodies, rests and bold, chilling statements, but it always came with a price. Like a Brandenburg Concerto, one had to commit to Saviour Machine and dive in to really experience the grand majesty of it all. It certainly wasn\u2019t trite pop music for the masses. You don&#8217;t have to commit to more than 79 minutes of music in one sitting here, but the investment is well worth it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>True to form, Clayton produced 15 songs here that are best heard in one sitting. It just won\u2019t be necessary to show your membership credentials in the prog rock fan club to enter into the joy set before you here. Of course, if you are a fan of Saviour Machine, this will be about the best thing you\u2019ve heard all year. Only this time you\u2019ll be able to welcome fans of Queensryche, Pink Floyd and Trans-Siberian Orchestra to your party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The musical journey you\u2019ll take with <em>A Thousand Scars<\/em> is epic with ebbs, flows, crescendos and diminuendos. You\u2019ll visit the Middle East with loud, building percussion in \u201cThe Space Between Us,\u201d West Texas landscapes with Explosions in the Sky chiming guitars and the outer reaches of the atmosphere with cosmic sound effects as well as some rootsy, clap-like percussion before the bombastic Metallica groove meets the James Bond theme-like guitars sweep in with \u201cRevelation Mine.\u201d By this song, the listener is likely captivated as Clayton turns narrator makes his confession and states his goal of finding the man behind the mask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This album would surely not work as completely if the lyrical excellence did not match the musical adroitness \u2013 effectively feeding both hemispheres of the human brain. Unlike the massive theological and apocalyptic undertaking of the <em>Legend<\/em> trilogy, Clayton instead turns the microscope inward. While past work might have favored John the Revelator as companion reading, this work might have been mentored more by Saint Paul, who penned quandaries like, \u201cWhat a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?\u201d in Romans 7:24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A Thousand Scars<\/em> is surely autobiographical and painfully introspective. Heavy metal hasn\u2019t been this therapeutic since Queen and Pink Floyd were touring with mostly original members. Clayton\u2019s pen seems to lie down on the couch and express his yearning for love and answers from his mother and father in \u201cWhere it Starts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>\u201cI have seen the monster\u2019s eyes and they are mine.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Clayton confesses losing his way, becoming a monster, letting anger fuel a violent addiction, living with a lifetime of shame and being someone that he regrets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA Man\u2019s Heart\u201d reveals a redemptive hope that tugs hard on the heart. The listener is only a third of the way through the album\u2019s journey, but he is pointed towards a grace that will love him despite his flaws \u2013 no matter how deep. My only reference points are both Christmas-themed: TSO\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oHpFmsAS_nM\">Old City Bar<\/a>\u201d and Paul Q-Pek\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kunaki.com\/sales.asp?PID=PX00XRYR14\">A Heart Can Change<\/a>\u201d (from his one-man musical, <em>The Story of Scrooge<\/em>). Seems the best redemption stories are tied to God\u2019s gift to mankind in Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the story gets better, however, there\u2019s \u201cCages\u201d and \u201cLacerations,\u201d the latter of which features powerful choirs that bring lines suddenly and loudly a la the dramatic moments in Queensryche\u2019s <em>Operation Mindcrime<\/em>. It\u2019s chilling and awesome. The lacerations and wounds are self-inflicted (\u201cby my own design\u201d). Then \u201cChasing Monsters\u201d reveals the main character caught \u201cbetween the shadows and the light,\u201d between \u201cthe silence and the violent refrains of the night.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m dying again. I\u2019m lying again\u2026 I\u2019m hiding again. I\u2019m fighting again. Inside of me it\u2019s broken. Inside of me it waits. Chasing monsters never ends.\u201d Accompanied by piano, Clayton\u2019s voice and story is gripping. One can\u2019t look away during this poignant moment. This glimpse into his heart is a touching gift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After this bloody confession, armed with knowledge, Clayton announces that, while chasing monsters never ends, it only begins. Thus he moves on in the journey, now two-thirds complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is that a children\u2019s choir leading the way in \u201cA Subtle Collapse?\u201d The guitar tones are ominous and perfect, inciting memories of <em>Legend\u2019s<\/em> refrains in \u201cThe Sword of Islam.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>\u201cTurning in. Burning out.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>By the eve of the end (track 14, the title track), Clayton asks if you\u2019ve heard his story. \u201cCan you see the man behind the mask?\u201d He\u2019s been vulnerable for a reason. Perhaps his pain will help our healing if we listen. It sure feels like he means it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, armed with only piano, he goes in for the kill. &#8220;The Greatest of These.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor the lost and the broken. All alone in the fight. For the hope of the hopeless sinner, who is lost between shadows and light. The faithfully wounded remain. Love is a whisper, not a shout. For the hope of tomorrow, can we not be afraid? Can we hold back the floodgates of hate? For the sake of our broken places, we stand, we fall and we wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>&#8220;In a way, you\u2019ve all saved my life.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This epic moment is a showstopper and tear-jerker. \u201cLove is the healer. Love is the light. Love isn\u2019t blind. 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