Interpreting The Song Sound Of Madness By Shinedown

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Sound of Madness by Shinedown
I interpret the song to be an angry rant at the world, and the people that live in it. People who complain about their lives or anything else are all under fire from the lyrics. The beat is very heavy in the background making you get this feeling of contentious problems with a certain idea or problem. The dynamics of the sound don’t change a whole lot, but it starts out at a loud volume and pretty much stay there the entire song emphasizing the anger that the artist is trying to portray. The rhythm of the song repeats the drum beats on the down beats and the guitar on the upbeats gives this song a very head bobbing feel to it. Its easy form during the chorus makes it easy to sing or rap to. An awesome harmony is

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