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It’s that look you see when something you held on for, lets you go. Whether it is a group, a belief, a person, a parade of ideas that once could have changed the world, or just the simple remains of humanity, it is the knowledge that as you stare into the pupils of the one who matters most that you see them Forever Dying In Your Eyes.

This is not the death knell, but the long distance goodbye where you are being slowly let go, that their words, their actions, their choices, no longer have you down as the one they once needed; and in that moment you must make a choice, you can either hang on, or you can remove yourself from the equation and start again once more, you can see the a new beginning, the starting pistol, and in the History of Guns, there has never been a keener return to the start of the race than the one supplied by Del Alen, Jamu Knight, and Max Rael.

The cross genre music axis that is The History of Guns has been missed, absolutely and without hesitation, but in the years in between music, something has changed, something fundamental has grown, arguably a sound that was fierce, independent, encompassing of style but with its own identity, has undergone a deeper, more physical, more brutal, outstanding alteration; and it is one where the emotion seen in the eye’s reflection is one of pride, of absolute belief.

Forever Dying In Your Eyes is an examination of the self, a three way contribution of drama, of exercise, and exorcizing ghosts and rebuilding the inner strength, and across tracks such as Running In Circles, You Wanted To Live, Heart Full Of Dirt, Let Them Burn, and Tomorrow Drags You, the trio give, not arguably, not maybe, but absolutely the finest recording to which History of Guns has produced so far.

If we urge performers to go out with a bang, then returning to the spotlight should be, as in this case, should be heralded with a cannon’s roar, for in the history of guns, the cannon is well versed at signalling home the returning heroes.

Forever Dying In Your Eyes is an album that is polished, dramatic, full of poise and binding sentiment, and it is one of awesome sound and feeling.

Ian D. Hall