Relapse

1. Embryonic

2. Surrender

3. Delay

4. Rewind

5. Still

6. X-Ray

7. Incision

8. Phobic

9. Needle

10. Choosen Fate

11. Rewind [Floating Tears Mix] [*]

12. Surrender [Dark Techno Mix] [*]

Relapse,Chiasm,Cop International,Dance Music,Electronic,Electronica,Pop

Average customer rating: Perfection Through Speed and Creativity Really, really good. PxDx does it again A Frenetic, Devastating Wall of Fury I can't believe this is grindcore

Phantom Limb Pig Destroyer Manufacturer: Relapse ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Death Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Xenosapien Given to the Rising Genesis Ills of Modern Man Our Puzzling Encounters Considered ASIN: B000PGTNF2 Release Date: 2007-06-12

Tracks:

1. Rotten Yellow
2. Jupiter's Eye
3. Deathtripper
4. Thought Crime Spree
5. Cemetery Road
6. Lesser Animal
7. Phantom Limb
8. Loathsome
9. Heathen Temple
10. 4th Degree Burns
11. Alexandria
12. Girl in a Slayer Jacket
13. Waist Deep in Ash
14. Machete Twins

Customer Reviews:

Perfection Through Speed and Creativity.......2007-07-22

Pig Destroyer has always been one of my favorite bands in the grindcore genre. "Phantom Limb" is another reason that they are still making strong, original, and terrifying grindcore. Brian Harvey's drumming is extremely chaotic and fits the music perfectly. Scott Hull is still making devastating and wicked riffs that have no sign of letting up. J.R. Hayes' vocals are great and are very similar to Steve Austin from Today Is The Day. Basically, Pig Destroyer still retains the elements they had that made Terrifyer, but they use it in a way that doesn't simply sound like a clone of that album. This band has talent and loads of creativity in their songs. The band will sometimes play sludgy riffs that are on speed. Also, the band has recruited Blake Harrison from Hatebeak as the noise machine, thus again adding on to the excellence portrayed in "Phantom Limb". Once again, there is no bass, but does such an original band like this need one? Nope.

Pig Destroyer are still strong ever since their inception in 1997, and "Phantom Limb" is proof that they have not given in to musical fads one bit.

Really, really good........2007-07-19

And I'm not even a big fan of grindcore, or a lot of related thrash/black metal type music, for that matter.

Phantom Limb, like a lot of great music, takes more than a few listens to make sense. At first, you will likely hear only the speed. And there is a lot of it; this album is fast. Really fast. I know there is probably quicker things out there, but to the ears of someone (like myself), it's blistering speed.

But, by the third or fourth listen, you start to notice the riffs. They really stand out. And the album, initially seeming so asymmetrical in structure, slowly begins to come together.

I knew I liked it immediately after the first listen. I was exhausted, sure, but I couldn't wait to see what I'd discovered by the fourth.

It's certainly worth the effort. There's a lot going on in these tracks.

PxDx does it again.......2007-06-28

This is an amazing album! I was kinda iffy about it cause I like every singe PxDx album there has been normally a band will release a record which isn't too good, but for PxDx case that wasn't it. This CD is brutal and beautiful I love it. JR's lyrics are one of the reason why PxDx is my fav band of all time. If you are a fan of Pig Destroyer then get this album as soon as you can. And real quick cause I know some people have asked this at best buy it is an edited cover but when you open it you will get the original booklet just they had to edit it to be in the store. This CD is just crazy I give it 5/5 once again this band as blown me away they keep getting better and better if your a fan of really heavy metal, grind, and in the mood for some crazy lyrics then check these guys out and buy this album!

A Frenetic, Devastating Wall of Fury.......2007-06-20

If you haven't heard Pig Destroyer before: buy this CD. Now. This is some of the most punishingly heavy music you'll ever hear. Tons of bands play fast and furious just for the sake of being fast and heavy. Pig Destroyer seem to have another agenda on their minds... playing fast, complex, brutal music is just the means for achieving the creepy discomfort their music invokes. This isn't soothing, pretty music. It's no wonder their last album was titled "Terrifyer". Another thing that sets this band apart is the masterful songwriting, memorable riffs, and more riffs stacked on top of riffs. The amount of killer melodies and riffs on one Pig Destroyer cd would keep most sub-par bands in business for a decade. Very few bands can write music that is this aggressive yet is memorable and structured. Most bands end up just playing a bunch of unintelligible noise, Pig Destroyer is something entirely different and you need to hear this NOW.

I can't believe this is grindcore.......2007-06-18

Grindcore is a genre I have avoided like the plague for years now. Typically a grindcore band will play a thirty second song. Composed of 1 crappy riff and a drummer blasting the crap out of the snare drum. I found this genre to be crap in other words. I have known about pig destroyer for years now and never gave them a listen because the were known as a grindcore band. A friend suggested I should gave the band a shot and so I did. This cd just RAGES! I love it. The band blasts through a lot of parts, however they do it with amazing riffs. The vocals match the music perfectly. There is lots of change up in the delivery, and the lyrics are quite intelligent. The energy on this release is higher than anything I have heard before. Do yourself a favor and pick up this disc. I have now purchased their whole back catalog. Which is also fantastic.

Average customer rating: They should be renamed MAS TE DAN Definitely makes you wanna bang your head . . . Another masterpiece from this mammoth metal band Why didn't my review go through? Leviathan

Leviathan Mastodon Manufacturer: Relapse ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Metal | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Thrash & Speed Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Remission Blood Mountain Blood Mountain Call of the Mastodon Ashes of the Wake ASIN: B0002N66FS Release Date: 2004-12-27

Tracks:

1. Blood and Thunder
2. I am Ahab
3. Seabeast
4. Island
5. Iron Tusk
6. Megalodon
7. Naked Burn
8. Aqua Dementia
9. Hearts Alive
10. Joseph Merrick

Album Description

"MASTODON are undoubtedly the future of metal" - KERRANG! "at that same cusp where METALLICA once perched, circa 1988's " And Justice For All. MASTODON is poised to rule the rock earth"

- WASHINGTON POST / EXPRESS "MASTODON could be considered the second coming of Metallica and Rush combined, and nobody who's seen them live could counter that opinion."

- MTV.com

Inarguably one of the most exciting new bands to form in the last ten years, MASTODON is an explosive, unbridled force. With an ageless magnificence and rich musical imagination, MASTODON unleash Leviathan, an unabated testimonial to the band's earthshaking ability to rock. MASTODON's thundering musical muscle, talent and vast sea of ideas triumphantly unite on Leviathan, delivering heavy, organic music that melds exhilarating ambitiousness with a well-honed accessibility. Leviathan's staggering proportion, unstoppable momentum and anthemic roar wholly underlines MASTODON's vibrant spirit and majestic, heartfelt delivery. MASTODON isn't just a band you hear, it's something you feel deep down. Its pulse affects you.

Customer Reviews:

They should be renamed MAS TE DAN.......2007-07-19

Seriously because their albums are the gift that keeps on giving. They get better with every subsequent listen. The first time this music comes through your speakers you become dizzy because of the intensity and constant shifts in tempo but if you let go of the reins and abandon yourself to the rythm you can perceive its true beauty.

Definitely makes you wanna bang your head . . ........2007-05-18

. . . but for all the wrong reasons!

My cat hates me now.

You know how cats do that thing with their ears, when they hear a noise that really annoys them? You're gonna feel the same way.

My houseplants have also suddenly wilted.

I bought this album because I am big fan of "Moby Dick," and I read (in Andrew Delbanco's recent biography of Melville) that the lyrics were in large part inspired by the 1851 classic.

Big mistake.

First of all, not all of the songs deal with ol' Mobsie. There are a couple, such as "Joseph Merrick, "Iceland," and "Megalodon" that have nothing to do, as far as I can see, with Melville's book.

And for those few song whose lyrics do indeed have something to do with "Moby-Dick" (not that you'll be able to decipher the orcish growling that has been used here instead of singing), they engage with the novel in a very unimaginative and superficial way.

Here's an example of the kind of astute literary exegesis you'll be in store for if you buy this album:

"Time and space
All alone
It can be a lonely place
There it goes
Opening up
I can't stand
I can't breathe
Rolled fin out
Oil stripped
Hold is filled"

Real deep, huh? Leslie Fiedler, move over.

As for the music, as with any death metal, you've really got to listen to these tunes many times before it sinks its claws into you and you get a groove going. In the case of this album, that will require several dozen listenings, I imagine. Possibly several thousand.

Yeah, I knew it was "thrash metal" when I bought it. I just didn't realize how "thrashy" it was. Perhaps a "thrashometer" on the CD case would have been helpful.

[...].

Seriously, I can't trash this thrash unreservedly, though. You gotta give it this: it's got an awesome cover, it's cleanly mixed, and the band members are undeniably capable. In fact, if this sort of thing is your bag, I imagine you might be quite satisfied with this purchase.

Another masterpiece from this mammoth metal band.......2007-05-09

Blood Mountain, their newest cd, is considered by many to be their best cd. I agree with that, but this is another masterpiece. I think that their entire catalog is amazing, and if you are a true metal fan, do yourself a favor and get with the program. I don't believe that anyone does metal better than these guys.

Why didn't my review go through?.......2007-04-23

Oh well, maybe this one will go through. I'll keep it short, sweet, and to the point.

This CD frickin' rules! The boys from Mastodon are geniuses! What better way to give respect to "Moby-Dick" (a great book, btw!) than with a hard-hitting, rock 'em-sock 'em, romper-stomper album that brings a new meaning to the phrase "Heavy Metal." If you don't have this album, than by the power of Ahab, get it! Your ears will seriously thank you for it and you won't regret the purchase one bit!

Quick Scorebook of the Songs:
1. Blood and Thunder - 5/5
2. I Am Ahab - 5/5
3. Seabeast - 5/5
4. Island - 5/5
5. Iron Tusk - 5/5
6. Megalodon - 5/5
7. Naked Burn - 5/5
8. Aqua Dementia - 5/5
9. Hearts Alive - 10/5
10. Joseph Merrick - 5/5

HIGHLIGHTS: "Blood and Thunder," "Seabeast," "Island," "Megalodon," "Aqua Dementia," and "Hearts Alive." "Joseph Merrick" is such a beautiful way to end the album!

So like I said, this, along with "Blood Mountain," is highly recommended for you metal fans! Now to go purchase "Remission."

Leviathan.......2007-04-12

Leviathan-Mastodon *****


With The Call Of The Mastodon I knew something big was coming but to be fair I think we all did but I do not think any of us had a clue of what was in store for these metal giants. Mastodon released Leviathan, the concept album built around the concept of the classic novel Mobey Dick and aside from creating on eof the best concept albums of all time Mastodon managed to crete one of the all time best metal albums ever. released in early 2004 Leviathan helped to bring real metal back and once and for all kill what was Nu-metal. Leviathan is an album full of incendiary guitar lines woven back and forth by Bill Kelliher and the amazing Brent Hinds. Great bass lines are laid by the accomplished Troy Sanders, and vituiosic drumming from the phenomenal Brann Dailor. After this album Mastodon would release the instant classic, Blood Mountain which will go down in history as one of the all time great metal albums, but it is Leviathan that propelled the band to their high status in the metal relm.

Leviathan is turly and album showing Mastodon comming into their own as a band while still embracing all of their influences as musicians such as Dead Kennedeys, Slayer, Rush, and even ZZ Top. With the hard metal edge and the deathly growl of their Flying V's they manage to make metal intelligent again with odd time signatures and incredible arrangements on such songs as 'Naked Burn' bring memories of the great, early King Crimson. That song shows Mastodon is not affraid to show their prog-rock roots. 'Megalodon' brings memories of early Billy Gibbons, and Bluesbreakers era Mick Taylor.

Songs like the killer opening track 'Blood And Thunder' and 'I am Ahab' show the power of the band as a full fledged metal giant. 'Blood And Thunder' recieved many honors including the best guitar riff of the last ten years from guitar world magazine. While songs like 'Seabeast' show the some-what ligher side of Mastodon. while the song may be lighter in some aspects it is no less intence or amazing, in fact Seabeast is one of the bands best known songs and a concert favorite. 'Hearts Alive' is just a song that could scare the hell out of anyone who dares to listen.

For someone who is interested in something new Mastodon is the way to go, they are truly one of the more original bands around today and easily one of the best. The shear talent in this band alone is reason enough to own the album. And while Blood Mountain may-be being haild as one of the all time greatest albums since it has been released it is in the same vein as Leviathan and it certainly would not have been possible without the success of Leviathan, and really when you get down to it, Leviathan is the far better album anyways.

Average customer rating: Cephalic Carnage's Best Yet Hydrogrind Pioneers Do It Again great Crank and speed can't do this much to a band! Awesome CD

Xenosapien Cephalic Carnage Manufacturer: Relapse ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Death Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Phantom Limb Genesis Ills of Modern Man The Apostasy Ithyphallic ASIN: B000OY8OLO Release Date: 2007-05-29

Tracks:

1. Endless cycle of violence
2. DIVINATION & VOLITION
3. MOLTING
4. TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL
5. VAPORIZED
6. HEPTARCHY (IN THE U.K.)
7. G.OBAL O.VERHAUL D.EVICE
8. LET THEM HATE SO LONG AS THEY FEAR
9. THE OMEGA POINT
10. MEGACOSM OF THE AQUAPHOBICS
11. OV VICISSITUDE

Album Description

The incomparable CEPHALIC CARNAGE have returned to claim their place as the leaders of metal's new era of extremity with their ferocious new record Xenosapien. CEPHALIC CARNAGE synthesize everything great about metal; from spastic virtuosity to warp-speed grinding to the heaviest rock riffs ever unleashed. Xenosapien's mind-bending, technical insanity/mastery collides head on with the band's brutal metal roots to form their most immediate, hard-hitting, and finest album to date. Xenosapien is unquestionably one of the best heavy records of 2007, and proves once and for all that these unconventional visionaries are set to lead metal well into the 21st century.

Customer Reviews:

Cephalic Carnage's Best Yet.......2007-07-07

Xenosapien, as other reviewers have said, combines the best aspects of Cephalic Carnage's past albums. Cephalic Carnage is lightyears ahead of nearly every other band that could be considered "metal," and this album shows them at their best. Aside from Cephalic Carnage's intense speed and complexity, Xenosapien is an artfully crafted metal album with tireless sound quality and production. I am NOT a metalhead, or even usually able to listen to 99% of metal. But Cephalic Carnage are simply amazing.

Hydrogrind Pioneers Do It Again.......2007-07-03

If there is any band that knows creativity and perfects it well in their music, it is Cephalic Carnage. "Xenosapien", the band's 5th full-length, is proof that the band still makes excellent, mindblowing music. Chaotic and technical riffs give it a perspective on insanity, and sometimes, the band will slow things down in a doom metal like fashion. The songwriting is spectacular. This CD blew me away on the first listen, and I have been a fan of the band's previous works. I highly recommend this album, and it is definitely one of the best albums of 2007 I have heard so far. Keep up the good work, Cephalic Carnage, and I look forward to your future.

great.......2007-06-09

I found this cd for nine bucks and decided to give it a spin. After my purchase, I was given a copy of the cd jacket with autographs the band members. Needless to say, I was pretty happy with the purchase. Excellent cd.

Crank and speed can't do this much to a band!.......2007-06-02

Every once and awhile a band releases a new album, and the people tell their friends, "High on Fire must've been on speed for Blessed Black Wings" or "Metallica must've been drunk or in therapy to release St. Anger". The new Cephalic Carnage has arrived and all this reviewer can say is there is no drug in the world that can create this kind of chaos. "Xenosapien", the follow-up to Anomalies is a compact slice of complete insanity. Basically, this release pushes Cephalic Carnage into a whole new territory as a metal band.

To describe what kind of genre Cephalic Carnage goes into, you would have to list off about 5 or 6 genres just to come close to what it really sounds like. While Anomalies did have more memorable songs, "Xenosapien" is the more complete package. When the band experiments, it works to perfection whereas Anomalies more experimenting moments (Piecemaker or Kill for Weed) just slowed the album down.

The musicianship is as tight as it gets. What I love about Cephalic Carnage on this album is they play very tight throughout the album but still have great songwriting. While I appreciate Psyopus and bands similar to that, they just can't write memorable songs. "Touched By an Angel" and the soon to be classic "G.O.D." displays a great sense of awareness of not over doing it. Where does "Xenosapien" really show that Cephalic Carnage has progressed? The album's closing tracks display that the band was truly ready to make a complete package. Tracks 8 through 11 are some of the most brutal and amazingly written songs the band has ever produced. "Ov Vicissitude" is a complete part of your balanced metal meal. With shredding guitar solos and blasting beats, the band makes you quiver to your knees and surrender. The production for the album also has to be commended for the simple fact that every instrument is heard very clearly.

Speaking of which, my MVP of the album has to go to Nick Schendzielos, the bass player, who has such a technical presence throughout the album. It is refreshing to hear the bass not overdone or unheard on such a brutal metal album. It should be stated that the guitar work on the album is very much worth challenging Necrophagist for most insane guitarists right now. Both John Merryman and Lenzig Leal are amazing as they have been in the past, but I just thought the guitars and bass were greatly improved.

We still have a long way till' the end of the 2007 metal season, but I would love to see some band challenge Xenosapien for album of the year. Overall, I give the album a 4.9 out of 5 ( 0.1 deducted for the cost of the clean-up)

Awesome CD.......2007-06-01

original technical brutal noise
this cd just plain rocks
buy it right now

Average customer rating: They killed metal twice....but it will never die! Kind of like a zombie or even that Jesus guy!

Live In: Nerd Rage Brian Posehn Manufacturer: Relapse ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Country Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ridiculous Werewolves and Lollipops (W/DVD) The Last Christmas The Comedians of Comedy / Live at the El Rey (Patton Oswalt / Brian Posehn / Maria Bamford / Zach Galifianakis) Zach Galifianakis - Live at the Purple Onion ASIN: B000FWGYTO Release Date: 2006-07-11

Tracks:

1. Opening/Im a good friend
2. Dork for thirty years
3. Married life- sorry fat dudes
4. Puppy time
5. Religions weird
6. Movie ruiners/ the unholy trilogy
7. Monkey birthday
8. Reunion
9. No dirty magazines
10. Show a little neck
11. Late night TV
12. The news
13. Quitting pot
14. Baby/kitty porn
15. Wars over/new boobs
16. Nerd rage/the mattress story
17. Yelling stuff
18. Metal by Numbers
19. Titannica interview
20. Try Again, Again

Album Description

Posehn's 'Live In: Nerd Rage' reveals the hilarious observations of a self-professed nerd and life-long fan of heavy metal. At times the record is personal, nasty, dry, and absurd, but it's always funny. Brian muses on being a teenage heavy metal fan, marriage, his dog Ernie, high-school reunions, body 'parts' and getting revenge on childhood tormentors. Recorded as part of Brian's appearances on the Comedians of Comedy tour, and including a sketch with Bob Odenkirk (Mr. Show), 'Live In: Nerd Rage' is Brian at his funniest and will have everyone who hears it seeing the world through a totally different set of eyes.

Not just mere stand-up however, 'Live In: Nerd Rage' also incorporates two musical cuts; one by Brian's heavy metal band POSEHN and another by TITANNICA. POSEHN's lineup is a who's who of the hard rock elite; featuring Scott Ian [ANTHRAX], Joey Vera [ARMORED SAINT], John Tempesta [WHITE ZOMBIE, THE CULT] with Brian himself on vocals. POSEHN slays with the soon-to-be-legendary original "Metal By Numbers" while TITANNICA [the metal band from the beloved Mr. Show sketch] delivers their epic track "Try Again, Again".

Customer Reviews:

They killed metal twice....but it will never die! Kind of like a zombie or even that Jesus guy!.......2006-07-12

To a guy who spends alot of his time watching Hellraiser films with his girlfriend and listening to Iron Maiden, Vital Remains, Behemoth, in Flames, Converge etc etc Brian Posehn is a God send to nerd metalheads around the world. What can you exspect from this album? Only comedic rage that only a pissed off nerd could give you. A wonderful mix of old work like Nerd Rgae, the Mattress Story and the always classic..Yelling Stuff. With great new work, Brian hasn't lsot a step and is my favorite comedian hands down. I went to buy this along with the new All THat Remains(Great!!) as soon as my local record store opened (nerd!) I picked both up, I can clearly say this was no dissapointment. Brian has a natural charming delivery that just makes you want him to be funny. To manys delight, that is just what he is. also, some comics force it and you can always tell when they do. With him though, he throws it out "This is who I am, like it or not. Just let me watch X fiels season 5 on dvd" Which is great, no bulls*it. Just great comedy. Plus, the debut of the brutal audio assault of Posehn and Titannica appear here with Brian on vocals!! Metal By Numbers is not only musically pretty good but hilarious. The best 13 dollars i've spent in a while. Buy with no need to hesitate for a moment. Just make sure on your way home you don't have a mattress stuck under your car! Enjoy

Average customer rating: Yo The Stoned Riffs of Matt Pike-Brother In The Wind. HOF's best yet IMO!! Damn good stoner metal a cross between Motorhead and Slayer

Blessed Black Wings High on Fire Manufacturer: Relapse ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Surrounded By Thieves Age of Winters Leviathan Art of Self-Defense Sleep's Holy Mountain ASIN: B00073K8AW Release Date: 2005-02-01

Tracks:

1. Devilution
2. The Face of Oblivion
3. Brother in the Wind
4. Cometh Down Hessian
5. Blessed Black Wings
6. Anointing of Seer
7. To Cross the Bridge
8. Silver Back
9. Sons of Thunder

Album Description

"the apocalypse's doomy, amp-destroying fifth horseman...galloping mammoth metal" - SPIN

"unbelievably heavy...massive crunching riffs and drums that slam like vault doors" - REVOLVER

Massive power trio HIGH ON FIRE are a supersonic exercise in conquest by volume. Equal parts molten metal and earthquake panic, HIGH ON FIRE's MOTORHEAD-meets-SLAYER roar is outrageously loud and absolutely punishing. With Blessed Black Wings, guitarist / vocalist Matt Pike (ex-SLEEP) unleashes a devastating combination of bombastic guitar and howling war cries, weaving fantastical tales of supernatural beasts, forgotten battles and rivers of blood over an unstoppable bass and drum assault. HIGH ON FIRE are a class unto themselves, manhandling rock music while locking into grooves that transcend time.

Customer Reviews:

Yo.......2007-05-15

This is a good jam! Buy it if you are into dirty metal bands such as His Hero is Gone!

The Stoned Riffs of Matt Pike-Brother In The Wind........2007-04-02

Matt Pike is defintely a Brother In The Wind. I love that tune. Self Defense was great, Surrounded By Thieves an instant classic, and Black Wings here has got to be one the greatest metal albums ever made. Stoner metal, rock, doom, whatever tag you wish to place on this, these songs will live on forever ... at least in my heart. I can't name one song on this that I don't think is killer beyond belief. Devilution will open the set and prepare you for what's to come. Brother In The Wind will send chills down your spine, and by the time you get to the monster sound on Sons of Thunder, you will be a believer. Hail High On Fire. Bring on the next one Matt!!!!!!!

HOF's best yet IMO!!.......2007-03-31

High on Fire is one of the best things to come along to the metal scene in a LONG time. Every HOF cd is worth it's weight in gold and this one is the best, buy it now!! Thank you Matt Pike, can't wait for what's next!!

Damn good stoner metal.......2007-03-26

It's probably High on Fire's most accessible album to date, mostly because it is their most up-tempo and it has the best production. Great songs, great tones, great band.

a cross between Motorhead and Slayer.......2006-12-16

High On Fire's vocalist Matt Pike sounds like a cross between Tom Araya of Slayer and Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead. as a matter of fact, their music sounds like a battle of the bands between Motorhead and Slayer. the DVD that is included with this album is a nice touch. on it, you get to see the band in action. I would love to see a new album from this band sometime soon.

Average customer rating: Awesome CD YES!! One of prog death's all time best Unique Technical Death Metal Looks like Kreator's got some competition for the "Best German Band" award!!

Epitaph Necrophagist Manufacturer: Relapse ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Onset of Putrefaction A Celebration of Guilt Annihilation of the Wicked United in Regret None So Vile ASIN: B0002JE91U Release Date: 2004-08-03

Tracks:

1. Stabwound
2. The Stillborn One
3. Ignominious & Pale
4. Diminished to b
5. Epitaph
6. Only Ash Remains
7. Seven
8. Symbiotic in Theory

Album Description

Uniting head-spinning musicianship, incredibly elaborate arrangements and an acute sense of dynamics within composition, NECROPHAGIST have reset the bar for complexity and technique in modern-day death metal. NECROPHAGIST's powerful riffs, mind-blowing sweeps and arpeggios, crisp and crushing percussion and intricately designed songs are at once unequalled and uncompromising. Epitaph is musically infallible, unveiling an invincible technicality so sharp and precise, it threatens to bore a hole directly through the heart of the existing progressive death metal playbook.

Customer Reviews:

Awesome CD.......2007-06-22

original technical brutal noise
this cd just plain rocks
buy it right now

YES!!.......2007-03-08

First off I loved Gorgut's Obscura and Atheist's Piece of Time, and the first thing I thought when listening to Stabwound was "Is this Cynic?". Everything a tech-death fan would want is here; constant time changes, rare bass solos, Meshuggah-esque drum patterns, and death growls not heard since Frank Mullen in the Effigy of the Forgotten days. Mohammed is also no slouch at guitaring either, hes a modern day virtuoso (go to youtube and hear Necrophagist's cover of Crystal Mountain- absolutely flawless).

If your an even remote fan of death metal, you will love this. I havent heard anything this good for a while, and I am definately eager to see where to they go in the future.

One of prog death's all time best.......2007-03-03

At first, it may seem like Necrophagist (whose second album, "Epitaph," was released in2004) are just like any other technical death metal band. Yes, they do share some similarities to bands like Cryptopsy and Suffocation because they all have amazingly tight and technical musicianship (that's guaranteed to make your head spin), blistering guitar leads, crushing double bass work, and impeccable blast beats.

But Necrophagist still manage to be different than nearly every death metal band out there nowadays. How, you ask? Well, for starters, Necrophagist are German, which is not something very many bands can claim. And secondly, and more importantly, Necrophagist incorporate numerous progressive elements into their crushing aural assault. In fact, "Epitaph" is about as progressive as death metal gets (imagine a mix of Suffocation, Dream Theater, Yngwie Malmsteen, Sadus, and Children Of Bodom.) The record overflows with prominent bass lines, riffs that are simultaneously heavy, fast, crunchy, and melodic, spots of prog-ish noodling, and breathtaking guitar solos that are some of the most brilliant, infectious, intricate and best that this reviewer has ever heard. Unlike some death metal bands (see Morbid Angel, whose atonal solos are just a bunch of random notes played as fast as possible), Necrophagist's are ultra-slow, melodic, controlled, technical, and crystalline. And boy, do they wail, too!

Most of these songs are similar and follow almost the same structure, so there's no real "best song" on here, but every song on here is a definite keeper. "Stabwound" bursts the starting gate open with thrashy guitar leads and bouncy drums that race in tandem, and is topped off with slapped bass notes, and a pristine, multi-parted, jaw-droppingly gorgeous solo. "The Stillborn One" boasts several good tempo shifts, machine gun riffs, a prog-ish, noodling bass line, walloping blast beats, and a handful of Megadethian solos that soar as high as a skyscraper. Next, track three, "Ignominious and Pale," is highlighted by busy, crunching, smoke-inducing riffs, and another lengthy round of sweet, soaring, classical solos, and track four, "Diminished to B," is highlighted by a catchy chug and churn lead, a propulsive bass line, deft, thumping drums, and an almost thunderous rhythm. Some of the other best tracks include the title track, which boasts fiery guitar licks, busy, pounding blast beats, several brief, keyboard-sounding solos, and two long, glorious, wonderfully wailing solos, and "Only Ash Remains," which begins with a bass solo.

If anything hinders "Epitaph" at all, its that it's a little too perfect (its musicianship, which is clearly a product of studio perfection, can sound almost robotic at times.) Necrophagist might have benefitted from including a few mistakes here and there, but all death metal fans will gladly gobble this album up. The guitar solos are worth the price of admission alone -- after all, fifteen bucks is pretty cheap for pure gold!

Unique Technical Death Metal.......2007-02-21

Necrophagist has recently become one of my favorite bands. It is quite difficult for death metal bands to separate themselves from the other myriad of bands in the genre. Luckily, we've got Necrophagist. They play death metal that is one-of-a-kind. The solos and riffage are so precise, that one would think that a machine is playing instead of a human. But Necrophagist isn't perfect I'm afraid. My problem is mainly the vocals. While I love the low-pitched growling, the vocals have no range at all. Some more varied vocals could have saved Epitaph from losing a star.

1. Stabwound - 5/5
2. The Stillborn One - 4/5
3. Ignominious & Pale - 4/5
4. Diminished to B - 4/5
5. Epitaph - 5/5
6. Only Ashes Remain - 4.5/5
7. Seven - 5/5
8. Symbiotic In Theory - 4/5

Looks like Kreator's got some competition for the "Best German Band" award!!.......2007-02-15

This album is, quite simply, one of the best, if not THE best, tech-death albums you'll ever hear. Muhammed Suicmez is a killer growler, his growls are comprehensible and his lyrics are very intelligent. He is also one awesome guitarist, he plays lightning fast, and solos with the second guitarist, and - no lie - THE BASSIST SOLOS TOO!! All three mix together perfectly. Oh yeah, and we can't forget the drummer, he is fast and on beat, just like Dave Lombardo (Slayer) and Pete Sandoval (Morbid Angel).

This album is fast paced, starting with "Stabwound", then slows down a bit for "The Stillborn One", but then gets speedy again through the rest of the tracks. There are no standout tracks because they ALL rock, so no skipping is necessary here.

If you don't have this, be sure to obtain it. One thing's for sure: I can't wait for this band's next release.

Average customer rating: Beautiful Brutality Dense, Chaotic Proto-Post Modern Metal Opus One Breathtaking Audio Adventure Music to move mountains... Catastrophic violence in musical form

Through Silver in Blood Neurosis Manufacturer: Relapse ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Times of Grace A Sun That Never Sets Enemy of the Sun Given to the Rising The Eye of Every Storm ASIN: B00000112Q Release Date: 1996-04-30

Tracks:

1. Through Silver In Blood
2. Rehumanize
3. Eye
4. Purify
5. Locust Star
6. Strength Of Fates
7. Become The Ocean
8. Aeon
9. Enclosure In Flame

Album Description

The bizarre metal act's albums 'Souls At Zero' (1992) and 'Enemy Of The Sun' (1993) digitally remastered. Both are pressed on full color picture discs & with previously unreleased bonus tracks: 'Souls' adds demo versions of 'Soul' & 'Zero', plus 'Cleanse III' (Live In London); 'Enemy' adds 'Takeahnase' (Demo Version) and 'Cleanse II' (Live In Oberhausen). 23 tracks total. Laminated double gatefold slipcase with a 12 page lyric booklet. 1997 Iron City release.

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful Brutality.......2007-06-08

Metal conjures up a lot of stereotypes, though different stereotypes based on who you ask. For the modern mainstream listener, it conjures up the angsty, simplistic down-tuned hard rock bands. For others, it can be the high-tempo, overly rhythmic double-bass pedal frenzy that's great for mosh pits and head-banging. Metal also invokes great melody and an over-abundance of guitar solos with long lineages of well-known shredders.

But the descriptions "slow" and "atmospheric" are almost alien to the Metal genre, and perhaps that's why Neurosis was so awkward and difficult to listen to at first. Sure, Through Silver In Blood packs with it the same loudness and distortion that are mainstays of Metal, but it strays so far from the main selling points of Metal. Namely, it doesn't have those high-tempo blastbeats and mindblowingly technical solos. In 1996, this album was indeed progressive, but not "Progressive" - that is to say it is far from the genre-alchemy of Prog-rock/Prog-metal and Rush clones like Dream Theater.

Neurosis is genuinely Metal in the sense that their music is bleak, brutal and apocalyptic, but their focus strayed from the formulaic "let's make it as fast and technical as possible" approach. Rather, Through Silver In Blood has a more textured, almost soundtrack feel to it, and this is due to Neurosis using droning repetition and tempering their songs with an element with a seemingly forgotten element of music - quietness. The often used analogy for Neurosis is that their music "oozes" or seeps forth from the speakers/headphones, but I don't think this quite does them justice. Songs build up from and break down to slower-paced, quiet sections, but there are also several moments where the music genuinely erupts into chaotic torrents of tribal drums, guitars, samples, and synths. I almost want to say that Through Silver In Blood would make a great horror-movie soundtrack - with the softer moments lulling one into a false sense of security, and then with either an explosion (this is especially true of the track "Strength of Fates") or slow buildup the listener finds oneself in a Silent Hill-esque world of gritty, distorted sound.

The backbones of the album are the epics "Purify" and "Aeon" that along with the title track and "Enclosure In Flame" all exceed the 10-minute mark a piece. "Aeon" is especially a masterpiece: starting with a simple piano melody, the song builds up with distorted guitars and tribal rhythm as Neurosis's three vocalists growl and scream off one another, and then breaks down to another quiet interlude which eventually is shattered by an outburst of distortion, which then slowly builds up to an almost "uplifting" section, and eventually ending with the piano returning with accompanying violins. Shorter tracks, such as "Eye" and "Locust Star" which both clock under six minutes, are much more direct in their approach. The interstitial tracks "Rehumanize" and "Become The Ocean" are short, sample-heavy tracks that advance the album's themes of war, apocalypse and spirituality. To me, the only tracks that detract from the value of the album are the bookends - "Through Silver in Blood" which is a bit too repetitive until the last minute or so, and "Enclosure In Flame" which really just seems to meander just a bit too much.

Dense, Chaotic Proto-Post Modern Metal Opus.......2007-06-01

I had heard of Neurosis for years, but had never really gotten around to checking them out. After reading a number of different articles in which bands that I enjoy listed them as an influence, I decided to check them out, and after a few spins I am definately hooked.

Neurosis' "Through Silver In Blood" is an immensly heavy, trance-inducing, and chaotic roller-coaster ride through walls of static, distorted, thickly layered guitars, bizarre samples and spoken-word weirdness, and occasional tranquility. I can definately hear the influence Neurosis must have had for many of the "post-metal" bands gaining listeners these days, such as Isis, Pelican, and even "drone" bands such as Sunn))Lyrically intriguing, dense, nihilistic and chaotic yet oddly serene on occasion, Neurosis write lengthy, epic and churning odes to mankind's folly. I can't wait to pick up a few more albums. Highly recommended.

One Breathtaking Audio Adventure.......2007-05-03

"Through Silver In Blood" is one of those albums that is meant to create an atmosphere that you can easily get lost too. This album is a showcase of blending in ambience, sludge, tribal, and progressive music all into one. Crushing riffs and perfectly blended vocals by Scott Kelly and Scott Von Till make this album an essential. Excellently crafted musicmanship is also a big role in this album, as it is nowhere close to being predictable. There is nothing that can match up to this brilliance, and many bands have looked up to this album as well (examples: Isis, Mastodon, Pig Destroyer).

This album is an essential for your collection whenever you want to experience crushing music with an ambient touch to it. I highly recommend this album, along with the rest of their works from 1992 to onward (starting with Souls at Zero, and the albums before that were hardcore punk styled, which I also recommend).

Music to move mountains..........2007-04-14

Ever watch a film that showcases destruction on a massive scale and follows it up with scenes of weeping agony and retrospective? Say, a nuclear detonation with a mushroom cloud that slowly reaches for the heavens and the post-apocalyptic lifestyle that ensues? Or a meteor impact which produces a shockwave that slowly creeps out across the landscape and the consequent images of wrecked countryside? Maybe even a fire that sweeps across an expansive forest and the miles of charred earth that result? Perhaps a war that takes a catastrophic toll on two nations?

Well, on this here slab of post-hardcore sludge metal, Neurosis paint evolving pictures of gradual devastation that would easily go hand in hand with such events.

Right from the introductory seconds of the album - which feature odd industrial sounds, tribal drums, and a menacing guitar progression that ripples with volume and distortion - you sort of get that feeling you'd get if you were to wake up in the morning, walk out into your front lawn, look up into the distance, and watch in horrified disbelief as the sky itself cowers under an encroaching shadow that is slowly spreading across the atmosphere. Before you can figure out what the hell is going on, your ears are shattered by a desperate roar - "THROUGH SILVER IN BLOOOOOOOD!!!" - marking the transition from a purely suggestive sense of dread to something far more immediate. Guitars swell, still subdued as they crawl along, gathering strength much like a tornado that sweeps across the countryside, gradually becoming bigger and stronger; the bass, slightly distorted, shakes the very ground you stand on; the drums continue to pound out relentless tribal rhythms; Scott Kelly's pained yells fill your head, backed by the guttural intonations of Steve Von Till. Soon, the storm reaches its peak. The earth begins to split before you, the bleak sky begins to rain fire, and the skyline in the distance slowly begins to crumble to the ground. With several bowel-shaking bass slides, the same guitar riff that was but a shadow in the corner of your mind six minutes earlier explodes into a roaring, indiscriminate wall of sludgy ruin. The drums transform from a hypnotic pulsing to a creeping, pounding onslaught reminiscent of a wrecking ball methodically crushing its victims into dust. The next thing you know, you're on the ground. Your vision is blurred, your head throbbing. Sitting yourself upright, you look off into the distance. The storm is slowly retreating, and you are finally made aware of the utter desolation around you. The tallest buildings have been laid flat across the now barren landscape, the oceans themselves have been set aflame, and ash falls from a sky that sunlight no longer seems to touch. As the drums resume their primal throbbing and the guitars send shockwaves of undulating distortion across the diminishing soundscape, you notice other people around you. They are cold, empty... mothers clutch their children as their lost eyes sweep over a homeland that has been turned into a post-apocalyptic wasteland in the course of twelve minutes. As a final show of power, the music briefly reverts to the opening motif of rolling tribal rhythms punctuated by industrial noise before finally dropping out for good.

...and that was only the first song.

"Rehumanize" is a brief, slightly disturbing, yet oddly compelling track that contains twisted samples of various people talking about subject matter that is spiritual and strangely chaotic on top of a cerebral collage of mechanical sound. "Purify" is an immense moment of music that moves from a melancholy arrangement of gently ringing guitars and orchestral elements throughout the introduction, to a lengthy evolution of sheer intensity wrapped in trademark tom-heavy drumming and slithering, sludgy guitars... and on to the striking closing sequence that features rolling drum patterns and atmospheric bursts of distortion placed against uplifting and highly melodious bagpipes. Yes, bagpipes. "Aeon" starts with gentle pianos and subtle snare rolls in its first half, only to ascend into a monolithic scene of uncompromising tragedy in a second half that's as powerful and emotionally moving as it is destructive and militaristic. The remainder of the album shares a similar sense of crushing intensity and swirling dynamics.

Through Silver in Blood is immense. It is an absolutely triumphant soundtrack to the apocalypse and the subsequent rebirth of the world anew.

Listen and be swept away.

Catastrophic violence in musical form.......2006-05-23

War. Catastrophe. Conflict. - Things that are said to bring out the most true and intense emotions in us. Maelstroms that smash through whatever is in their way, engulfing and consuming everything and everyone into a hellish orgy of violence. All that is left is a demolished landscape, full of survivors who will rise from these ashes, gather new arms and continue the violence. While for a time their may be a sorrowful form of peace and tranquility, but it is ultimately shattered once more.

War is the sound of Neurosis's Through Silver in Blood. Their methods of creating catastrophe are too many and too intricate for me to even break the surface of; they range from blasts of vicious, heavily distorted guitars to flawless orchestral sections to industrial influenced sampling and almost anything else available to these musical masterminds. I will make some attempt to convey the pure heaviness, destruction and genius of this album though.

The opener/title track makes its purpose known early in the album with a 10 minute dirge of tidal wave guitars, tribal rhythms, and brutally screamed vocals. Just as you think the song cannot do anything but explode into an immense sonic fireball; it slowly and painfully trundles to a stop. "Through Silver in Blood" is a perfect introduction to the agonizing hour that will then follow it.

While Neurosis's heavy sections are so good I don't even feel the need to comment on them, what really makes them special are the quiet parts. The disturbing sampling on "Rehumanize"; the minimalist, pained, and emotive vocals on "Strength of Fate"; the hollow, mourning, piano section that forms the main part of the funeral march style introduction to "Aeon"; and the tense rising and falling volume of "Enclosure In Flame" all combine with the vicious heavy sections to create all sorts of emotions and soundscapes. I can't help but thing of some demolished, totally leveled landscape when I hear "Strength of Fate", or the marching of armies when the punishing second half of "Aeon" kicks into gear. On the flipside there is a militaristic triumph about the song "Through Silver in Blood", as though an army is marching to war or Godzilla is just about to complete his march through the sea onto some unsuspecting metropolis.

I think that the each of Neurosis's releases after Through Silver In Bloood are masterpieces in their own way. As a band they are a huge influence on the post-metal thing that is being embraced in the form of Isis, Buried Inside, Pelican and Cult of Luna, but also they are the best at it - none of those bands can match the shear triumph, spirituality and emotional power of Neurosis. Listening to one of their albums is like being hit in the face with a brick wall, a totally overused saying while describing this style of music but suits it perfectly.

Average customer rating: Wonderful okay Mastodon is going crush you, he's right Crushing and Groovy! do you like metal music?

Remission Mastodon Manufacturer: Relapse ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Leviathan Call of the Mastodon Blood Mountain Workhorse Chronicles Blood Mountain ASIN: B0000DDAU9 Release Date: 2003-10-21

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful.......2007-07-10

Mastodon is truly an amazing band. Loaded with talent, from the crushing, pulse pounding of the seemingly endless drum fills to the crisp, melodic chant of the guitars, it's obvious this isn't your everyday band. And they aren't by any means. The best thing about Mastodon is the way in which they almost seem to transend genres. They hit on several levels which makes them a fantastic listen. Remission was a great show of power on their part. Loaded with more instrumental work than vocals it was incredibly well done.

okay.......2007-05-15

this one is a 3.5 i like it but the other by these guys are better.

Mastodon is going crush you, he's right.......2007-04-11

Mastodon's heaviest cd probably. Please do add comments about how im wrong, but I have heard all there work. Its a great piece of music.

Crushing and Groovy!.......2007-03-26

Its easy to see where Mastodon have gotten their elevated status above most modern metal acts; with cleverly woven hooks, plenty of diversity that never is over-done, and an ear for devastating heaviness, Mastodon's 'Remission' fits in perfectly with the genious of their later efforts. Besides putting on an extremely intense live show, Mastodon offer a relentless barrage of originality served with a side dish of extra-heavy grooves on all of their releases, including 'Remission'.

'March of the Fire Ants' was the first song I had ever heard by these guys, on the Relapse Records compilation 'Contaminated Vol.5', and needless to say, I was thouroughly attracted to the songs intricate structure and heaviness, accompanied with that deep, crunchy distortion that this album potrays. The entire album is chock filled with songs that vary beautifully from each other, but not so much to give this album a too diverse feel. This is, after all, heavy metal. All are heavy, and all have that gut wrenching groove that is strictly Mastodon's.

If you loved 'Levathian', and/or 'Blood Mountian' then you damn well better get this.

do you like metal music?.......2007-01-05

well if you do, you can't go wrong with any mastodon album. this one is pretty good. although, i like the newer albums better.

Average customer rating: This Killer CD just destroys Awesome CD One of the best Death Metal albums EXCELLENT!!! Lashed to the Slave yum yums

Annihilation of the Wicked Nile Manufacturer: Relapse ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Death Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: In Their Darkened Shrines Black Seeds of Vengeance Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka Demigod Epitaph ASIN: B00084RLSW Release Date: 2005-05-24

Tracks:

1. Dusk Falls Upon The Temple Of The Serpent On The Mount
2. Cast Down The Heretic
3. Sacrafice Unto Sebek
4. User-Maat-Re
5. The Burning Pits Of The Duat
6. Chapter Of The Obeisance Before Giving Breath To The Inert One
7. Lashed To The Slave Stick
8. Spawn Of Uamenti
9. Annihilation Of The Wicked
10. Von Unaussprechlichen Kulten

Amazon.com

2002's In Their Darkened Shrines may have launched Nile into metal history for groundbreaking, synapse-snapping releases--and into the record-buying consciousness while crystallizing the unit's long-building promise. Annihilation Of The Wicked is rife with epic riffs, crisp, intelligent arrangements and playing that's masterfully focused. Simply put, it is a continuation of their campaign. Karl Sanders demonstrates once more that he is among the most accomplished death metal guitarists, possessing as he does not only acumen but an all-too-rare knack for creating the almighty death rock groove (best demonstrated on the title track, "Lashed To The Slave Stick"). "Cast Down The Heretic" is an instant genre classic. --Jedd Beaudoin

Album Description

Annihilation of the Wicked marks the long-awaited return of one of extreme metal's most revered bands and teems with the blasting extremity and epic arrangements that have become NILE trademarks. Swarming guitars unleash razor sharp hooks, relentless drum blasts push human limits of endurance, and vicious vocals deliver strike after strike in a more concise, precise and balanced attack than ever before. On tour this Summer with Chimara

Customer Reviews:

This Killer CD just destroys.......2007-06-29

This album just shreads completely. These dudes don't play. If you are new to Nile I would suggest giving this a few listens. Good lord, Nile is just retarded.

The Title track is just ridiculously killer. Whole thing is classic really. Wow... breathtaking CD.

Awesome CD.......2007-06-22

original technical brutal noise
this cd just plain rocks
buy it right now

One of the best Death Metal albums.......2007-06-19

I love this album and I'm blown away by it every time I hear it. It is heavy, brutal, and I love the whole atmosphere with the ancient Egypt theme.

EXCELLENT!!!.......2007-06-14

I would give Nile 10 stars if I could. Karl Sanders and Dallas are death metals creme de la creme. Amazingly fast solos, complex rythyms, with inhumanely fast drumming is what you can expect on all their releases. They are definitely not for the faint of heart. What I think is really great is that these guys are a bit older in age than most metallers and they just flat out shred. Can't wait for a new album!

Lashed to the Slave yum yums.......2007-05-12

If you are a fan of death metal and do not listen to Nile...you are not a fan of death metal. This CD is pure gold, it does not get much better than this. Go buy all of Nile's records and listen to them nonstop, then you will understand the greatness that is before you!

So good, so very good!

Average customer rating: Yikes Beyond the apex! Classic of both extreme metal and experimental music noise? please... Math Metal at its best

Calculating Infinity The Dillinger Escape Plan Manufacturer: Relapse ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Death Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Irony Is a Dead Scene Miss Machine Miss Machine Under the Running Board Chaosphere ASIN: B00001SVM6 Release Date: 1999-09-28

Tracks:

1. Sugar Coated Sour
2. 43 Percent Burnt
3. Jim Fear
4. *#..
5. Destro's Secret
6. The Running Board
7. Clip The Apex...Accept Instruction
8. Calculating Infinity
9. 4th Grade Dropout
10. Weekend Sex Change
11. Variations On A Cocktail Dress

Customer Reviews:

Yikes.......2007-07-13

What can I say? This is an excellent, excellent, excellent album with absolutely ferocious songs that are the musical equivalent of removing your face with tweezers (in a good way, of course).

As good as it is, about 92.312435438973465% of people will probably absolutely hate this album. The reason why is each note is like getting shot in the face. Dissonant, jagged guitars pummel you while the insanely fast double-bass-prominent drumming kicks you in the balls while a man who must have swallowed a box of thumbtacks screams and screams and screams and screams at you.

But then, the instrumentals...

The band must have said, "OK, we don't want people to die by listening to this, so we better stick in some more mellow stuff". It's like going from eating cement to eating ice cream. Even when the instrumentals use dissonant guitars and fast drums like the songs with vocals, at least there's no screaming, and they just as often veer into jazz-rock territory or weird, ambient sound effects. More than anything, these show that the band can do more than kill you with sound.

I have made slight reference to, but never really overtly mentioned, the quality of the musicianship on this album. Even if you hate these guys, you have to admit they're really talented. Almost scary time signatures are played at insanely fast tempos, and then they do the mellow thing. Not only can they pull off multiple, usually very difficult things very well, it generally results in a great song.

Not all the songs sound the same, either. They did to me the first time I listened to them. But if you really pay attention, there's a world of difference and they are all cool.

In conclusion, just buy the @#$! thing. Even if it all sounds like sped-up sludge at first, you'll get accustomed to it and then, once you start to like it, you won't be able to live without it.

BUY NOW!

Beyond the apex!.......2007-06-14

Primary composers, Chris Pennie(drums) and Ben Weinman(guitar) have constructed an overwhelming experience seemingly aimed at not only crushing listener with the aggression of extreme metal but keeping them constantly tense and completely off balanced with chaotic but suspenseful unorthodox structure. The music is constantly moving and changing, scrambling, stopping and starting over, but not without a sense of purpose as the songs carefully build with intensity, reaching frenzied climaxes or in some instances dramatic but menacing releases. Even the more quiet jazzy melodic moments are unsettling and tense as they keep the pressure boiling.

The group's much hyped musical chops are indeed stellar in a psychotic way with blistering keyboard like guitar work and an impossibly tight rhythm section. There is a ton of stuff happening at once and in a short amount of time, so it's possible to hear the same song several times and still miss out; watch out for the twisted circus melody that gradually takes shape in "Jim Fear". Yet, despite the blazing guitars and god like rapid fire drumming the music is often paced at a jerky steady grind without the driving momentum often associated with speed metal or thrash. The experience of this album is more on par with getting tossed and slammed around in rapids than speeding down the highway. Musique concrete is also explored on several tracks with cryptic, sometimes creepy paranoid samples. Chris Pennie also has two lengthy drum solos on the instrumentals "*#" and the jazzy "Weekend Sex Change."

It should be noted that the music isn't really expressive or soulful, as evident by the cover art and album title the music is intentionally robotic, caculated, assaulting, and cold. When your ear does catch a funky head bopping groove, it often brings to mind a factory assembly line or clunking gears; this is most evident in the drill like riff that sandwhiches "43% Burned" and the album's surprisingly appealing title track that would borderline on smooth jazz if it wasn't for the crunchy guitars that puncutate the closing. The vocals are often barked or spoken word nonsense with a few memorable hooks chants and lines; an aspect of the band that would improve in the future with more rangeful and creative front men. Though later work would see DEP exploring simpler but even more creative and out their ideas, this is still the band at it's most complicated and endurance pushing; eclipsing the apex indeed. The appeal of this album lies in the creative cliche free way the songs provoke unease and paranoia, the sheer brutality of the album's assualt, and the stamina/technical talents of the musicans to dare bring these crazy ideas to life.

Classic of both extreme metal and experimental music.......2006-09-13

The Dillinger Escape Plan's debut and masterpiece, Calculating Infinity, struck the music world from, as far as I can tell, out of nowhere. As far as influences go, the closest I can think of is the Dazzling Killmen's technical hardcore, Meshuggah's dissonance and lack of melody, Cynic's mix of jazz and metal, and John Zorn (Naked City, to be precise)/Mr. Bungle's need to encompass as many genres into one album as possible. But none of those bands really come all that close to sounding like Calculating Infinity, although I suppose they were precursors to The Dillinger Escape Plan's defining attributes - the intricate, staccato riffs, the number musical styles that one song can cover, the ultra complex rhythms that are played at nearly unbelievable speeds, and of course the total lack of cohesive melodies that leads many to call them "pointless noise". These elements are all then tied together by their method of songwriting - which involves taking the number of musical movements that progressive bands put into their 20 minute epics and condensing them down to 2-4 minute long doses of insanity.

To give you a slight idea of what compromises a The Dillinger Escape Plan song, I'll take the longest track on the album "43% Burnt" (not including "Variations on a Cocktail Dress" because it finishes with 5 minutes of silence). It starts off with a strange breakdown that, just as you are getting used to its odd rhythm, launches into an incredibly strange and fast riff. Within less than 20 seconds this riff has switched between distorted and clean guitars, and then is replaced by a flurry of dissonant chording while a clean arpeggio is played over top of the chaos. The first riff comes back briefly before you are treated to Ben Weinman frantic lead guitar work. After another chaotic assault of arpeggios and dissonant chords the song hits a high point of intensity around the minute and a half mark. Before this climax really has time to sink in it is quickly funneled off into a strange jazzy clean section that transitions into a spurt of staccato chording. After this the band rockets back into the adrenaline rush of the climax of the song, letting it play itself out more fully and powerfully this time. Then the last minute or so of the song is take up by the same breakdown that was played at the start.

As you can tell, a lot goes on during Calculating Infinity, but there are two things about this density of ideas that make it great. First is the way the songs all flow cohesively from idea to idea. While at first it seems like a frantic mess of style switches, but as you listen to it more it becomes apparent that the songs do flow in a logical, though far from normal, manner. Nothing on the album is just a random style switch thrown in for fun, and everything is extremely well thought out. Second is the intensity that comes from the unsettlingly fast pace of the songs, the energy that The Dillinger Escape Plan put into the music, and the how ridiculously fast and complex the musicianship is - most notable Chris Pennie's drumming and Ben Weinman's lead guitar. While its originality and the fact that it practically created the technical metalcore genre on its own are the reasons that Calculating Infinity could be considered a classic in the realms of extreme or avant-garde music, I think The Dillinger Escape Plan's songwriting and intensity are really what make it a great and enjoyable piece of music.

noise? please..........2006-07-26

BOO HOO dillinger are teh untalented peoples! they make teh ugly solos at the same time! OH YEAH I KNOW TO PLAY TEH ARPEGGIOS ME MAKE POOPIE TEH DILLINGER PLAN GUYS! NOISE! RUN FOR YER LIVES!

the arguments above, don't work, they don't stand for anything, they are invalid, they are nonsensical, this release is amazing and there is nothing else to it, and the people who hate it and claim it to be a record by "untalented people" is because they are so close-minded that they can't take some screams along with their daily dose of music, so they throw it away and never take the time to listen to it patiently


want some real noise? google the term "masonna"

Math Metal at its best.......2006-07-21

While some people may be unable to understand the complexities that The Dillinger Escape Plan shows throughout their music, and simply write it off as "noise" or "soundtrack to a train wreck" they just are simply too ignorant to try to understand what is happening.

Being a music student for the past 6 years of my life, and playing guitar for the past 3, was still not enough preperation to completely understand this album. The guitarists are phenomenal, being able to pull off any key signature (7/4 what?) and any musical style, jazz or shock rock or math metal and fuse it all together in an incredibly catchy way. Their drummer is insane being able to be all over the place and yet go in a single direction all at once. In perspective, my friend who has played drums for 10 years and practices at least 2 or 3 hours a day, is still unable to play most of their songs. While some people criticize the band for the vocals being unnecessary, due to the amount of screaming, they fail to realize that the music that they listen to involve screaming as well, since pretty much ALL metal (despite newer bands like Trivium, and bands before the early 1990's) involves some sort of guy sounding like he's trying to channel satan himself through his throat (perhaps they're jealous since they can't write music like this).

All-in-all, if you are looking for something that you have never heard before, which I can guarantee you haven't, or are just curious to see what the hubbub is about, then you should definetly pick this album up.

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