![]() That too subsides, though, industrial electronic rumble and clang swiftly taking its place, Puciato arching over the top, his epic rock voice one of the most evocative in the game. The title track closes the album on an appropriately dramatic note, more lush strings swinging into place like a curtain. ![]() “Fugue”, as might be expected from a song whose title could reference both a contrapuntal music technique and a brief flash of reversible amnesia, breaks outside of even that duality, its skittering and slippery electronics akin to Aphex Twin, Rymer yet keeping pace. The massive “Wanting Not So Much As To”, meanwhile, intertwines the two approaches into a single track, Billy Rymer’s ability to keep up with the disparate rhythms and paces as astonishing as ever. Even the relatively mellow moments have their own brain-folding bursts of intensity, as with the surprise jazz breakdown in “Low Feels Blvd.” or the swooning strings and sweet falsetto of “Nothing to Forget”. ![]() The whole thing comes apart, the feelings of the past felt so viscerally until nothing can be left.Īs always, Dillinger Escape Plan know how to balance that schizophrenic fury with more moody fare, immediately following “Limerent Death” with the slowly washing “Symptom of Terminal Illness”, Ben Weinman and Kevin Antreassian sketching out fragile lines and morose, distorted chords in equal measure. Greg Puciato’s lyrics dissolve at the song’s conclusion, repeating: “I gave you everything you wanted/ You were everything to me” until he reaches those iconic howls and shrieks, the song crumbling around him. The title refers to the end of a romantic state of mind, and the song echoes that frustration and rage. Either way, opener and lead single “Limerent Death” lays the groundwork well, the musicians finding a perfect unity of sharp edges and layered blacks, like an intricately designed tattoo sleeve. The separation of a complex whole into its parts, the album title could refer to the dissolution of the band, or it could refer to the concept of segments of a personality or mental processes separating from normal consciousness or behavior. The New Jersey quintet are now releasing their sixth and final album, Dissociation, a record that comes closest to reaching the insane heights of their 2007 peak, Ire Works.Īs should come as no surprise to any fan, Dissociation lives up to expectations only by being totally unpredictable. Their experimental tenacity seemed designed to break down any and all boundaries, and yet, unfortunately, there’s one boundary Dillinger Escape Plan can’t outlive: their own. They were capable of beating listeners about the ears and lulling them into a meditative state, sometimes switching methods at the drop of a hat, sometimes doing it all at once. Over nearly 20 years, Dillinger Escape Plan have established themselves as one of the most exciting and innovative acts in the metal world, running their intense exercises through math rock, prog, post-hardcore, and who knows what else.
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