The Night God Slept Redux Silent Planet

• 1The Well Redux03:00
• 2XX (City Grave) Redux02:52
• 3I Drowned in the Desert Redux01:28
• 4Native Blood Redux03:56
• 5Tiny Hands (Au Revoir) Redux03:32
• 6Firstwake Redux03:53
• 7Darkstrand (Hibakusha) Redux03:18
• 8First Mother (Lilith) Redux02:35
• 9To Thirst for the Sea Redux01:08
• 10Wasteland Redux03:30
• 11Depths II Redux03:14
• Total Runtime32:26

Info for The Night God Slept Redux

While 2019 was full of releases and re-releases from long-time Christian metal bands, it was also the year that I finally discovered The Silent Planet. They are probably the best act currently on Solid State Records, for a variety of reasons. Their music is undeniably heavy but weaves in and out of talking, singing, and screaming in a way that mewithoutYou clearly inspired but could never accomplish. Their lyrics are full of citations; the singer was an English major and hit in-depth, personal, spiritual topics and hit them hard. And their live show is one of the best I’ve ever seen, having caught them with August Burns Red in the summer. While digging through their backlog, I suddenly remembered why it took so long for me to give them a fair shake.

While 2016’s Everything Was Sound and 2018’s When the End Began sound amazing, 2014’s The Night God Slept sounds awful. I mean, the songwriting is fantastic, but the recording is not. Whoever produced and mixed the record completely misunderstood the band’s sound, and it sounds like a nu-metal band from the early 2000s – basically, like banging tin cans together. Fortunately, the group must have also recognized this discrepancy because they have re-recorded the entire album from start to finish. I’m cheating a little here, as the album fully releases in January 2020, but two tracks are already available — and they finally sound like they should have all along — amazing.

Silent Planet

Silent Planet
Since forming in 2009, Silent Planet have steadily gained traction by playing local venues throughout California and expanding to the DIY touring scene throughout the United States. Over the past 10+ years, the band gained prominence thanks to their vast array of influences, anchored by Russell’s master’s degree in psychology and field experience as a mental health therapist. This band reaches into the hearts and minds of their fans for a connection unlike many others.

This album contains no booklet.