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Topic	Recommend two albums. I'll rate, rank and review them.
thundersheep 09/13/17 7:47:55 PM #17:	The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis Full disclosure, I was way too pleased with myself when I was able to correctly identify the genre as being mathcore within the first few seconds. I don’t know much about time signatures, but I can sure tell when they’re changing. My only exposure to the genre has been through Protest the Hero (Fortress and Kezia, iirc) and I will admit that I don’t quite “get it”. I know that they’re extremely talented musicians and what they’re doing is much more complex than what you’d hear from a run-of-the-mill punk or screamo band, but I can’t quite grasp why it’s impressive, at least not yet. What I do love about this music are the dynamics between screamed and clean vocals, as well overall dynamics of the production itself. As such I was instantly drawn to the longer tracks on the LP like “Gold Teeth on a Bum” and “Widower” that had more time to play with these dynamics, while the shorter tracks seemed to fade into the background for me. While the two aforementioned songs are probably my favourite on the album, I found the decision to fade out on “Gold Teeth” incredibly puzzling. Maybe I’m just feeling sensitive since I really dig the lead singer’s clean vocals, but it truly caught me off guard in the worst possible way. I was sitting here nodding along thinking about how great it all sounded and then the volume just began to drop. I actually tabbed over to Google Music and literally said “What the fuck” when I noticed it was ending. It’s small, but just seemed like a really peculiar choice and it reminded me of how rarely fade outs are used in music these days. Anyway, it’s hard to give concrete opinions on the album as a whole because while there are moments I like in each song, there is no entire song I can say I love in full. I often find myself feeling indifferent about a track until it nears the bridge, when every instrument comes together with vocals soaring above them for a brief moment of true beauty… and then it ends. Still, I enjoyed the album as a whole and I’m kind of curious to see what their other albums sound like, and how their sound has evolved over the years. I think I might prefer a more straightforward metalcore, or even melodic metalcore album if they’ve ever veered into those areas. Final Rating: 7/8 --- http://soundcloud.com/thundersheep/these-beautiful-nightmares <cite>thundersheep posted [p:886550704] in Recommend ... [t:75771327]...</cite> <quote>The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis Full disclosure, I was way too pleased with myself when I was able to correctly identify the genre as being mathcore within the first few seconds. I don’t know much about time signatures, but I can sure tell when they’re changing. My only exposure to the genre has been through Protest the Hero (Fortress and Kezia, iirc) and I will admit that I don’t quite “get it”. I know that they’re extremely talented musicians and what they’re doing is much more complex than what you’d hear from a run-of-the-mill punk or screamo band, but I can’t quite grasp why it’s impressive, at least not yet. What I do love about this music are the dynamics between screamed and clean vocals, as well overall dynamics of the production itself. As such I was instantly drawn to the longer tracks on the LP like “Gold Teeth on a Bum” and “Widower” that had more time to play with these dynamics, while the shorter tracks seemed to fade into the background for me. While the two aforementioned songs are probably my favourite on the album, I found the decision to fade out on “Gold Teeth” incredibly puzzling. Maybe I’m just feeling sensitive since I really dig the lead singer’s clean vocals, but it truly caught me off guard in the worst possible way. I was sitting here nodding along thinking about how great it all sounded and then the volume just began to drop. I actually tabbed over to Google Music and literally said “What the fuck” when I noticed it was ending. It’s small, but just seemed like a really peculiar choice and it reminded me of how rarely fade outs are used in music these days. Anyway, it’s hard to give concrete opinions on the album as a whole because while there are moments I like in each song, there is no entire song I can say I love in full. I often find myself feeling indifferent about a track until it nears the bridge, when every instrument comes together with vocals soaring above them for a brief moment of true beauty… and then it ends. Still, I enjoyed the album as a whole and I’m kind of curious to see what their other albums sound like, and how their sound has evolved over the years. I think I might prefer a more straightforward metalcore, or even melodic metalcore album if they’ve ever veered into those areas. Final Rating: 7/8 --- http://soundcloud.com/thundersheep/these-beautiful-nightmares</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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