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The psychotic rage of ‘mathcore’ pugilists DEP is as alive as ever on this, their third full-length release.
Super mind blowing with a triple twist. DEP is back from the asylum of Miss Machine of 2004 with ridiculous riff, crazy screamer and odd time signature that even a math genius cant solve it.Of course, three records do not truly account for nearly a decade of revolving door line-up changes, terrifying live intensity, fire-eating and Mike Patton collaborations and it’s still impossible to capture their unique essence on vinyl. From the noise making of ‘Fix Your Face’ through the Mike Patton copy of ‘Black Bubblegum’ .
“Sick on Sunday” immediately explodes with a burst of frenzied IDM beats over Weinman’s speedy fretwork, immediately leading into the dark, strings-enhanced ambient excursion “When Acting as a Particle”. Glitchy stutters and swooping synth tones do battle with the band’s wonky funk on the instrumental “When Acting as a Wave”. The brooding “Dead as History” combines that electronic influence with more of Puciato’s strong Patton homages. The album comes to an astounding conclusion, first with “Horse Hunter”, which kicks into classic The Dillinger Escape Plan mathletics, but quickly sheds it for Zappa-inspired noodling, more of that ferocious groove, swirling space rock synths, and an effective guest vocal turn by Mastodon’s Brent Hinds. The moody “Mouth of Ghosts”, though, has the entire band laying all its cards on the table. Weinman leads the foursome in a defiantly mellow jazz piano direction for four minutes before the guitars enter the fray one last time, the song cruising to a surprisingly stately, almost theatrical conclusion.
It’s clear that The Dillinger Escape Plan is finished with daring its mathcore-obsessed detractors to accept their increasingly eclectic musical direction.
FYI, this record is not for those traditional music listener who keep a distance to odd time signature music and also to those who rather listen to some lady crying on Oprah Winfrey Show rather den hearing some guy screaming their lungs out on a record.
My last say for this record, bravo DEP, keep it up.....Even Mike Portnoy had make a point that this record is one of his fav of 2007.
Rating - 8.5/10
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