Have you ever spent too long trying to piece together a puzzle? Does this seem to put your mind into a spin? If that be the case, then do not listen to Our Puzzling Encounters Considered by PSYOPUS. Hailing from Rochester, NY one might wonder if this quartet has spent too many days and nights indulging in their own art as this album transcends boundaries of extreme with precise musicianship that is meticulous to the point you wonder if they possess any flaws in their musical arsenal.

The two tracks that simply sold this album to my ears were Imogens Puzzle Pt II. and Siobhan’s Song which sounds as if they could have been a Zappa/Vai outtake from many moons ago. But this album goes deeper with some commentary on the current trend in ‘metal’ in the track Play Some Skynyrd to all out assaults with The Pig Keeper’s Daughter and Kill Us.

If you appreciate your music with technical virtuosity, or if you like it pounded over your head like a two-ton heavy thing, then this is the album for you as it combines the best of both of these worlds. But it will require more than 5 listens to completely grasp the overall presentation of PSYOPUS as the album carries depth that most albums today do not possess.

Score: 8 of 10
Label: Metal Blade
Website: www.psyopus.com

Rate this review: (16 votes, average: 3.38 out of 5)
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DeleonBAND wrote:

i think this is actually going to be the best album of 07.i think the cover bonus track itself should push this to like a 11.5 out of 10.

March 25th, 2007 at 10:30 am

Cody wrote:

I have to give this one a 9 personally. I was not prepared for this stuff when I heard it. When I saw there was an Imogen’s Puzzle Pt 2, I wasn’t expecting a whole lot, bieng that the first one wasn’t too muc of anything, but Pt 2 blew me away. Kill Us was one of the better ones too.
9/10

April 12th, 2007 at 3:18 pm

flu boy wrote:

“But it will require more than 5 listens to completely grasp the overall presentation of PSYOPUS as the album carries depth that most albums today do not possess.”

10 out of 10

May 28th, 2007 at 6:44 pm

kabukijoe wrote:

AMAZING cd, their first cd blew me away, but this one… HOLY SHIT! Awesome band all around. 10 out of 10

September 13th, 2007 at 8:08 am

newyork4311 wrote:

I dont care if psyopus is “technical”, their music sounds like a bunch of random noise. Their riffs make no emotion(heavy, melodic). Give a two year old a guitar u get psyopus.

December 18th, 2007 at 10:20 pm

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