Musical Ramblings: Dillinger vocals mature on new album
This week, I'm going to touch base on two CDs that I picked up near the end of last year. They both rock and I'm sure you've heard of this first band, at least:
Dillinger Escape Plan
Ire Works
I was anticipating this one considering how Miss Machine was such a step forward but still maintained the integrity of Calculating Infinity. When I read the negative reviews leading up to this release that focused on the band not playing enough mathcore style metal, I wondered how much broader musically these guys could possible go. With Ire Works, they showed me and blew me away in the process.
This release is the band's most diverse and even most accessible. Yes, there are still some excellent tracks for long time fans that crave that insane, tempo changing, hate filled mathcore (see “Fix Your Face” and “Lurch”) but there is a lot more
Firstly, the band experiments with shorter musical interludes that are great lead-outs and lead-ins to the next track. These interludes are fused with sampling and borderline techno-style beats.
Secondly, vocalist Greg Puciato shows that he's not just a screamer anymore. Just listen to the surprisingly catchy, but controversial (to long time listeners), “Black Bubblegum” and “Milk Lizard” for proof. The clip of the band performing this on Conan O'Brien is available on the net.
Fans of older DEP releases will also be relieved to know (if you haven't picked this up already) that new drummer, Gil Sharone, doesn't lose any of the aggression on the kit that the band is known for.
All in all, this release shows many sides of the band: some old, some new. This one hit me like a right hook and as you saw on my top CD of the year list, easily made it into my top five. If you're looking for something new and aggressive, look no further than this disc.
My quick pick classic of the week (which I'll try and do more often) is Deicide's Amon: Feasting the Beast. This was released in 1993 by Roadrunner Records and features Deicide's first two demos when they were known as Amon. The first six tracks are songs that actually made it onto Deicide's self-titled major label debut but on this release, these songs actually sound thick and even more evil. With Deicide releasing a new disc this year after 2006's stellar The Scars of Redemption, it's worth your time to check this one out.
Dillinger Escape Plan
Ire Works
I was anticipating this one considering how Miss Machine was such a step forward but still maintained the integrity of Calculating Infinity. When I read the negative reviews leading up to this release that focused on the band not playing enough mathcore style metal, I wondered how much broader musically these guys could possible go. With Ire Works, they showed me and blew me away in the process.
This release is the band's most diverse and even most accessible. Yes, there are still some excellent tracks for long time fans that crave that insane, tempo changing, hate filled mathcore (see “Fix Your Face” and “Lurch”) but there is a lot more
Firstly, the band experiments with shorter musical interludes that are great lead-outs and lead-ins to the next track. These interludes are fused with sampling and borderline techno-style beats.
Secondly, vocalist Greg Puciato shows that he's not just a screamer anymore. Just listen to the surprisingly catchy, but controversial (to long time listeners), “Black Bubblegum” and “Milk Lizard” for proof. The clip of the band performing this on Conan O'Brien is available on the net.
Fans of older DEP releases will also be relieved to know (if you haven't picked this up already) that new drummer, Gil Sharone, doesn't lose any of the aggression on the kit that the band is known for.
All in all, this release shows many sides of the band: some old, some new. This one hit me like a right hook and as you saw on my top CD of the year list, easily made it into my top five. If you're looking for something new and aggressive, look no further than this disc.
My quick pick classic of the week (which I'll try and do more often) is Deicide's Amon: Feasting the Beast. This was released in 1993 by Roadrunner Records and features Deicide's first two demos when they were known as Amon. The first six tracks are songs that actually made it onto Deicide's self-titled major label debut but on this release, these songs actually sound thick and even more evil. With Deicide releasing a new disc this year after 2006's stellar The Scars of Redemption, it's worth your time to check this one out.
