Asylum - This Song Still Blows My Mind

My God, I hadn’t listened to this song in about fifteen years, but when I finally heard it again today, it brought back everything from the Maryland/D.C. music scene of the 90s.

Asylum is the title track of the debut album by Unorthodox, released in 1992.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDBzwQE0HLA

What other band had songs with arrangements like this? What band except Unorthodox could be so heavy and still play it so pretty?

At 1:38 a breathtaking instrumental section begins. The atmosphere it creates...beautiful. You don’t write things like this without being something of a musical genius. Drummer Ronnie Kalimon does an outstanding job here. This would not have had nearly the same effect on the listeners without his stellar drumming.

At 2:51 the music once again transcends to another level.

This sound…this is what autumn in Maryland feels like. All conveyed with guitar, bass and drums.

Then you add the charismatic vocals of Dale Flood and it takes you to that state of mind.

“My child of love…the innocent one”

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