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Album Review: Last Shot At Redemption "Perspective"

by The Metalverse

Updated November 02, 2025

Last Shot At Redemption release debut album "Perspective" | The Metalverse.net

Hailing from Minneapolis, Minnesota, metal band Last Shot At Redemption just released their debut album Perspective on October 17th, 2025.

Intro track The Board Is Set starts with ambient pads and bright chiming synths that build an evolving, futuristic feel. Building drums and overlapping distorted vocals create a trippy sound before fading into a theatrical concoction of thumping bass, dueling guitar leads, and slamming drums.

Only A Pawn jumps straight into action with a lofi guitar riff that slowly transitions into full clarity, introducing sing-screams, grooving drums, and rhythmic guitar chugging. Things take a heavier turn as tempos speed into racing blast beats, harsh screams, and aggressive guitar leads–showcasing black metal and death metal influences.

Speak Your Peace begins with a riff that reminds of 2000s era metalcore, with bouncing guitar riffs and singing that has an emo edge to it. Last Shot At Redemption uses contrast expertly, balancing soaring singing and explosive screams, blending metalcore and heavier extreme metal influences. After a screeching guitar solo and a grooving bridge, Speak Your Peace ends with a final chorus and a scream.

Next is Rebellion, which immediately builds anticipation as rising emergcy sirens set the tone for an onslaught of chunky metal riffage, distorted singing, and slamming drums before leading into a melodic chorus with bright vocals. Rebellion is a more upbeat and melody-focused track with all clean vocals, compared to the back-and-forth nature of previous tracks.

New Reality brings back the eccentric futuristic sound of the intro as de-tuning bouncing pads create a psychedelic sound that suddenly lurches into full intensity death metal with dramatic riffs, booming blast beats, and distant screams. Technical guitar leads create striking melodies over top of brutally heavy chugging, and lofi screams that sound distant, creating a black metal reminiscent vocal sound. In direct contrast to Rebellion, New Reality features only screams and a more intense sound.

Insanity introduces itself with grooving cowbell drums and head-bobbing guitar riffage before introducing vocals that swap between metalcore singing and fierce extreme metal screams. Everything cuts out except for guitar as the song builds back up in a powerful bridge that adds layered chants, screaming, and intensely heavy instrumentation before a final chorus.

Ambitions Desire starts with a digitalized guitar intro that has an old arcade game vibe to it before launching into extreme metal pacing with impactful drums, shrill screams, and reintroducing the digitalized guitar tone. The song leads the listener into a chorus with dark guitar and eccentric punk/emo-esque cleans that pierce through the mix. A raw and brutal bridge introduces the heaviest portion of the song before changing to a guitar solo and closing chorus.

Title-track Perspective wastes no time with a snare roll that leads into rapid guitar trills, chunky guitar chugging, and ferocious screams. Last Shot At Redemption builds a unique sound that blends elements of old school metal and classic metalcore with a more modern metal sound–creating something that sounds modern yet equally familiar. Echoing industrial synth tones create a unique element in Perspective that seems to take from electronic genres to add a fresh and interesting element to the track.

Care At All starts with melodic guitar harmonies and chords, as distinct emo singing is brought back. Distant synths add an atmospheric low-end to the mix as soaring vocals rest in the higher frequencies. Dynamic guitar riffage and slamming double bass drumming create the metal backbone to the track that keeps things intense. While the track's highlight is its catchy chorus, the song still keeps things brutally heavy with explosive vocals and riffs during more extreme sections.

Promise starts with alternating drum rolls and guitar before jumping into full speed instrumentation and faster-paced clean vocals. Continuing the classic metalcore vibes, multiple guitars are layered to create depth as grooving drums create the timing that keeps everything together. One of the shortest tracks of the album, at just over 2 minutes, Promise is upbeat and energetic.

If You Would Please starts with lofi guitar before launching into full detail with a dramatic guitar riff as clean singing joins the fray. Balancing clean and screaming vocals, Last Shot At Redemption keeps things interesting with their use of contrast. Transitions with choppy syncopation show production value leading into soaring choruses, while heavier sections continue a change of dynamics.

At just under 7 minutes, When The Butterfly Lost Its Wings is the longest track of the album. Beginning with piano and distorted vocals, distant choirs soon lead into more upbeat piano and cleaner vocals. Suddenly, the track introduces full-power drumming and electric guitar as the pace begins to pick up. Feeling more ballad-like than the previous tracks, When The Butterfly Lost Its Wings takes listeners on a journey that grows in energy throughout its runtime. As the hard rock sound continues, things take an extreme turn, introducing double bass drumming and the first harsh vocals so far, before gently fading with a softer rock outro.

You can stream Last Shot At Redemption's debut album, Perspective, available to stream now.