Before
Machinae Supremacy released
Into the Night World I wondered how they could possibly top
Hubnester Rising, the final track on
Phantom Shadow. From the very first time I heard
The Last March of the Undead, however, I knew that they'd managed to do it. Like
Hubnester Rising,
The Last March of the Undead is the closing track of its respective album.
MaSu seems to have a knack for putting their best work at the end of their albums.
The instrumental work is great as always. The guitar solo near the end, coupled with the percussion during that bit, practically beg for some headbanging, with the rest of the song being fairly energetic (which is basically one of
MaSu's staples).
The lyrics and how they're delivered stand out to me. It shares the bleakness from the previous March of the Undead titles ("
Come watch with me / As our world burns"--strange appropriate in this political climate), but carries with it an air of defiance (
"I will not let you go for anything / Screw balance, I want more / A life worth living for").
While I think that
Phantom Shadow as a whole is a better album, the bookends of
Into the Night World (the other one being
My Dragons Will Decimate, another amazing track) are some of the best songs that the band has on offer to date.