The Binary Code – Suspension Of Disbelief

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

First off, when you listen to THE BINARY CODE’s latest, Suspension Of Disbelief, you must listen to it from start to finish. They draw influence from so many different places, and it’s the way they combine them all into one that makes for such a magnificent sound. With a drummer who’s set to let off any second and ace guitar work that’s both delicate and brutally demanding, THE BINARY CODE is not your average metal band – they are above that. With all of that being said, let’s move into Suspension Of Disbelief…

The title track, “Suspension Of Disbelief” plays hand and hand with a part one and part two. Part one starts off packing the punches with some mega distortion that grinds deep, while the verses unleash a proggy and obscure structure. Part two begins on a clean and delicate riff until that said riff begins to take form of a monster, stomping all over the track, commanding the listener. THE BINARY CODE is at their heaviest with “Ghost Planet”, which by the way is an absolute beast of a song! I love the stop and go attacks, and THE BINARY CODE continuously builds this song up with gigantic guitar tones, incredible death metal sensibilities, and even some shredtastic riffs. “The Story” is where I see these guys finding their sound. THE BINARY CODE really gets epic with this one, and takes you to a far away place in prog land. Right away I picture the more melodic yet still bashing side of Sumeriancore. “The Story” is very complex, and THE BINARY CODE really lets their textures and colors shine! Sure enough the song builds up in all sorts of madness, sweeping technicality all over the track. And how about that dual guitar work?! Whew, gotta come back to that one.

This is one of those albums that will really grow on you, so make sure you keep it in rotation! This being said because the first time through you aren’t going to catch every detail, because there is so much going on. Also, make sure you check out THE BINARY CODE live on the SMNnews sponsored METAL AS ART Tour alongside Hypno5e and Revocation.

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