The third in the "Transitions," series following "Liberation" and "Celebration" Argentina's THE LAST "Transitions Part 3: Wars of Solitude," is a difficult 3 song EP to firmly set within a specific genre. Melodic Death Metal? Progressive Death? Techno / Heavy Metal? Modern Metal? Whichever it is, THE LAST has released what really is one of the most unique collection of songs heard by this reviewer in a very long time.  Think AMON AMARTH meets RAMMSTEIN, meets the melodious guitars of AXXIS.

Some can enjoy music on its own merit.  Others need to delve into the story of the CD, and find out how and why these songs came about.  "This work was made during an internal reconstruction of myself, and as in every transition, passed through different states of fight, sadness and happiness, " a read of the insert showed, so with that in mind, it does show that these songs were written during a very pivotal time in the songwriter's life.  The opening song "Die In Time" is pure melodic death metal, with riffing guitars that pitch and heave deadest on pounding the listener's very soul loose.  It is loud, in your face, and antagonistic as hell.  The feel is violent, the delivery unrelenting, and the vocals half screamed, half sung and hurled at the listener like a boulder.  The following track "The Power To Say Goodbye," eases up somewhat and comes across melodious and very suggestive of the great band RAMMSTEIN.  Vocal screams still abound here, but the guitars were commendable as heard almost throughout was an almost nonstop guitar solo.   Also heard were some machine gun double bass drums.  The final track "What Do You Care About," partly sung in Spanish, was heavy with techno and electronic blasts, with faint traces of the progressive.

To be honest, this was a tough one to sit through, and even being only 3 songs long it took time to get through it.  The vocals were tough to withstand, as they didn't always flow with the music, and overall the sound was muddled with the programmed drums, effects, bass, and syths lost in the mix.  The guitars were well done, but with the vocals as prominent as they were and so abrasive as what was heard here, one ends up having to choose to either listen to the singing or the music.  Sad really, as what was read about now these songs came about (feelings of fight, sadness and happiness) so when hearing about how personal these songs are to the songwriter, and then not feeling the same when hearing these songs, the experience of hearing "Wars Of Solitude" is lost.

But let's be fair here.  When the listener digs deep into the "soul" of each of these songs, what does come through is a talent.  While the attempt to showcase the emotions the songwriter was feeling at the time of writing may have been not so strong, what does show through is some impressive musicianship.  When taking on ALL the instrumentation, songwriting, programming, producing, vocals and such as Sir Last has one here, one has to point out, that the job to put on such a project is not by any means any easy one, so in that respect, a commendation is offered to Sir Last for taking on such a monumental task.  It's a hope that future releases really bring about a passion, and  more clear sound.  Those two things happen, and the music of THE LAST will be a CD that will stand up with the best of them.<