Tremonti: Dust Review - 10 Phenomenal Tracks Reviewed & Ranked

4. Once Dead

If there's one thing the band understand more than any other hard rock musicians working today, it's the pleasure in cranking volume dials up beyond 11. Once Dead is an absolutely furious display of Garrett Whitlock's prowess behind the drums, a remarkable display of talent that takes blast beat sections even Slipknot would resign to specific pockets of a song, and fires through them for the duration.

It's psychotically fast and completely unrelenting, by far the heaviest track on the album, and one of the most brutally pleasurable songs Mark's ever put his name to, no matter which band you name.

The triple-cymbal intro is reminiscent of All I Was' You Waste Your Time, which just goes to show how much both Tremonti and the band have grown and flexed not only as musicians, but also as artists who know exactly what the fans want.