Satiate's debut album is one of the most amazing CDs I have ever had the pleasure of listening to.  Many fans of rock that I know dread hearing female-fronted bands because they're often trying to emulate their male counterparts and failing.  However, Satiate's TC proves that there are some ladies out there that can blow the guys away vocally.  She's a vocal gymnast, showcasing her amazing and versatile voice over 9 songs.

The songs are poetry set to rock music.  Each of them stands alone as an individual masterpiece yet they all come together to create a masterful album.  There is not one song on there that you won't feel deep inside, from the punchy Pushed Away Empty to the slightly slower What I Feel.  Each song has been carefully crafted to be perfection and the album is a must have.
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Satiate- The Anatomy Of Heartbreak-
The first thing that struck me about this album was that I wanted to listen to it all the way through right off the bat. Usually, when I get an album, I listen to the song that I know for the first week or so, and then I give the rest of it a shot. Not this one. I would like to attribute this phenomenal break in habit to the consistency of the album. The Anatomy of Heartbreak has nine tracks that are individually wonderful pieces, and yet they fit together to make a complete body- and by body, I’m talking about a finely composed album.
What pushed The Anatomy of Heartbreak into the industrial metal (and I use the category label loosely) masterpiece is the fifth track, “What I feel”. In my experience, when a kick-ass hard rock band tries to “bring it down a little” and record a ballad, it can be the downfall of an album. Hard rock ballads, especially from post-80’s bands, tend to be awkward, ill-fitting with the rest of the tracks, and… well, complete disasters. I usually just skip right over them and pretend that they aren’t there.
In vast contradiction to this generalization, “What I Feel” caught my attention from the first few chords. It has an underlying mysterious element that I find appealing in many bands that hail from the New Orleans area. The best way that I can describe it- a hypnotizing audio fog, rolling with frustration, paint, and longing. It certainly helps that TC allows the softer, pretty side of her voice to truly shine with the delicately composed music. Did I mention that TC and Gary Finneran have a union of vocal bliss in this song? This track had the potential to destroy a great album. Thankfully, Satiate put a little time and effort into it and created one of the best examples of what happens when a hard rock ballad is done right.
The Anatomy of Heartbreak is one of the best albums that I’ve bought in a long time. I could spend days writing pages about the little treasures tucked into each song, but you should really just buy it and see for yourself.
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