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Digression Assassins - Merkaba



8 | 1 vote |
Release date: 30 September 2015
Style: Mathcore, Progressive metal

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14.12.2023 - 20:23
Rating: 8
LeKiwi
High Fist Prog
Removing from non-MS list - pasting blurb here.

Setting out on an ambitious endeavour, Digression Assassins prove that a hybrid style can actually sound rather well-knit. As a result of the diversity, however, I may end up over or understating the prevalence of some aspects of the music. To give you an idea: soaring clean vocals and near-ambient leads over chugging or ringing chords; groovy and erratic stoner metal in odd-time signatures and wild sludge in the vein of Mastodon; bursts of intense and dissonant Dillinger-esque mathcore with feverish drumming. These moments are interspaced by heavily layered and monstrous build-ups of stoner rock and post-metal, incorporating myriad guitar effects, tremolo picking with reverb turned up to 11, evolving melodies, and violins - of course. While the vocalist occasionally spouts mid-ranged screams, his preferred style is a clean twangy timbre, calling to mind the vocalists of Coheed and Cambria, Protest The Hero, and The Dillinger Escape Plan. If you're looking for a release that takes a few steps into innovative territory, then this is for you. Especially if you call yourself a fan of prog.
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