End Of My Wit is the first studio album by American metalcore band Orthodox, released on July 9, 2013, through Clear Minded Records. It is the only Orthodox album to feature a full-length lineup consisting of vocalist Adam Easterling, Tyler Williams and Curtis DuRard on guitar, Zachariah Wichter on bass, and Michael Bagley on drums.[1]
| End of My Wit | ||||
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| Released | July 9, 2013 | |||
| Genre | Metalcore, hardcore punk | |||
| Length | 24:27 | |||
| Label | Clear Minded Records | |||
| Producer | Bryan Sveum | |||
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This album is dedicated to victims of abuse caused by people addicted to drugs or alcohol.[2]
Composition and themes edit
The album has a straightforward metallic hardcore punk sound.
According to Adam Easterling, the lyrics on this album are about his personal struggles with suicide, depression, anger, and anxiety from the year before this album's release. In a letter handwritten by Easterling reads:
"This album is metaphorically based around personal events and struggles in my life from January 2012, to present day. No one person, myself included, knows the meaning of these words. I include myself because it is my hope as well as my goal that you will give these words a meaning and backstory that only you will understand.
There will be wrongs in your life that you will NEVER be able to right, and that's okay. You'll learn to live with it.
Nobody is excluded from mistakes!
Everyone is angry at something! (Though you're not crazy if you feel alone.)
Accept your emotions. Accept your guilt.
But please...
Understand that accepting these things does not mean that you have to settle for them.
Nobody knows your story like you do, and only you can truly turn the page.
- Adam Easterling[1]
Track listing edit
All tracks are written by Orthodox. All lyrics are written by Easterling.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Survive" | 3:06 |
| 2. | "I'm Only" | 1:33 |
| 3. | "(t)Rust (feat. Cooper Pemelton from In Fidelity)" | 2:18 |
| 4. | "End Of My Wit (I)" | 2:52 |
| 5. | "Fool" | 2:20 |
| 6. | "Shallow Roots (feat. Bobby Patterson from Hysteria and I Need Closure)" | 1:27 |
| 7. | "The Rope" | 1:53 |
| 8. | "There Is Nothing I Can Do" | 3:13 |
| 9. | "Scenery (feat. Danny Gosciniak from Deaf Kid and Chained)" | 2:25 |
| 10. | "End of My Wit (II)" | 3:15 |
| Total length: | 24:27 | |
Personnel edit
Orthodox edit
- Adam Easterling - vocals
- Curtis DeRard, Tyler Williams - guitar
- Zachariah Wichter - bass
- Michael Bagley - drums
Production edit
- Bryan Sveum - producer, engineer
References edit
- ^ a b "Orthodox - End of My Wit (2013, CD) - Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
- ^ "End Of My Wit, by Orthodox Straight Edge". Orthodox Straight Edge. Retrieved 2024-03-09.