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Band Name: Dillinger Escape Plan
Album Name: Ire Works
Rating: 4.5 / 5 User Rating: 4.7 / 5
Label: Relapse Records
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Tracklist
1. Fix Your Face
2. Lurch
3. Black Bubblegum
4. Sick On Sunday
5. Whan Acting As A Particle
6. Nong Eye Gong
7. When Acting As A Wave
8. 82588
9. Milk Lizard
10. Party Smasher
11. Dead As History
12. Horse Hunter
13. Mouth Of Ghosts
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Any new release by noise legends The Dillinger Escape Plan is going to be hugely anticipated amongst those in the know and this one, ‘Ire Works', is no different. It has certainly been a long time since 2004's ‘Miss Machine' exploded onto our stereos. It was an album that managed, despite its' savage brutality, to propel the band into a more mainstream circle, which predictably annoyed many of the bands hardcore following. But nit-picking scenesters aside, it was undeniably an epic journey of technical wizardry and math-like complexity that wowed almost everyone in the critical and public domain from every angle.
The first two tracks of ‘Ire Works' dutifully pick up where ‘Miss Machine' left us. The stop-start-ridiculously-off-time guitar stabs piledrive the speakers into oblivion, as do Greg Puciato's pulverizing vocals. With drummer and founding member Chris Pennie leaving the band to take up duties in prog-emo rockers Coheed & Cambria, another drummer was needed to step in and do one hell of job. Gil Sharone was acquired and quite literally pummels this album to shreds whilst still keeping the DEP vibe intact.
What has always made The Dillinger Escape Plan that much more interesting than the next technical noise band is their creativity and sometimes bizarre experimentation. Sounding like an angrier Mike Patton, Greg Puciato yelps, whispers, howls and yes, soulfully sings through a set of songs where intense vocals and even more intense instrumentation make for a rather unsettling listening experience. 'Black Bubblegum' creeps along in a weirdly poppy manner, as does 'Sick On Sunday' with its lightening fast arpeggio guitar runs peddling away in the background. There is even a distinctly Every Time I Die-esque track which seems to be an obvious single choice.
Dillinger Escape Plan has done everything that we would expect from this album and so much more. It is more technical, more melodic and more experimental than anything they have done before. They are at the forefront of exciting heavy music and this is easily one of the best releases of 2007.
Review by: Nick Calafato
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