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On This Perfect Day
Rock · 2009 · 16 tracks · 2h 23m

On This Perfect Day

Guilt Machine

Dynamic tension, blending fragile alt-rock vulnerability with heavy progressive peaks. Dark, introspective, and deeply atmospheric.

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It's like a heavy metal version of a Radiohead album recorded in a very dark, very quiet room.

A heavy, atmospheric descent into regret that finds a strange kind of peace in its own darkness.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks · 2h 23m
01
The Stranger Song (vocals Jasper)
4:53
01
Twisted Coil
11:43
02
Michelangelo (vocals Arjen)
3:23
02
Leland Street
8:03
03
Fan Messages
8:14
03
Green and Cream
10:32
04
Season of Denial
10:22
04
Perfection? (guide vocals Arjen)
9:37
05
Twisted Coil (radio edit)
4:17
05
Over
6:11
06
Perfection?
10:46
06
Pull Me out of the Dark (radio edit) (Green and Cream)
3:36
07
Over (radio edit)
3:56
08
Trailer “On This Perfect Day”
4:33
09
Making of the Trailer
3:44
10
Interview with Guilt Machine
40:03
Moments Worth Waiting For
the transition in Twisted Coil where the fragile acoustic intro suddenly explodes into a crushing wall of distorted riffs
the haunting overlay of various world languages during the ambient bridge of Green and Cream
Jasper Steverlinck reaching a soaring, desperate falsetto peak during the climax of Perfection?
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