Dillinger Escape Plan – Miss Machine
Author: Alex Schrock
When I first put this cd in, and heard the spastic song “Panasonic Youth” I was thinking “they’ve went back to their old Calculating Infinity stlye”, then half way through the next song, they stop and put in a large clean passage, and then on next song, there is some rather post hardcore parts with Patton-esque singing and a ambient part with vocal harmoniziong…it occured to me, that they had not went back at all, but were going even further in their unconventional hardcore sounds.
This cd is a seemless fusion of Calculating Inifinity and Iron is a Dead Scene. The new vocalist is a vital part of this integration, being that he can do Dimitri style screams (but much more pissed) and whacky Mike Patton singing/whatever else you want to call it. This is a definitive DEP album, from dissonant noodling, extremely odd timed breakdowns, ambient breaks and softer more melodic parts, a great display of all these
guys are capable of: speed, technicallity, odd-times, intricate song structures and many different styles.
Surprisingly, this cd has less hard-to-memorize rhythm parts and the production isn’t as machine-like. To me it sounds like they are worrying less and less about being a technical metalcore band and are just making whatever music they want to make without any worries about making a cohesive album.
Fans of either of these releases should find this new one pleasing, and if you loved both of them…be ready to hear you’re new drug for the next month.
Rating: 8.5/10
Released July 20 from Relapse records.
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