Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Piñata

Written by Unhealer on 12.06.2012 at 21:27

Written by Fat & Sassy! on 12.06.2012 at 20:26

Yeah, they probably think they're being cute by ending the album with a dubstep outro. xD

When in fact they're being awesome.

Wow this is frigging awesome , first time i hear about em O.O

Damn, I really expected instructions on how to organize a lynch mob...

I seem to be part of a minority which regard Sing-Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious (phuh!) as the best DSO album yet. I generally want my avantgarde metal to be crazy and over the top in a "controlled chaos" kind of way and that is where the greatness of said album mainly came from, when the band took the formula of the debut and added drugs into the mix so to speak. I loved it.

Having said that, it therefor saddens me somewhat to see most of that craziness gone with Pandora's Piñata. Sure, it still contains a few of those moments but as a whole the album came across as too safe and restrained for me. It starts off fair enough however and it is obvious that the band members know their stuff. But as the album progressed more and more I could not help but feel that I was listening to less intriguing versions of already done concepts from previous works.

Just listenning to this right now for the first time. My general feeling is that this is their best work yet. They used pretty much everything but the kitchen sink and threw it together in a way you would never have predicted. Contrary to what that would make you think, it all makes perfect sense and is never even slightly dissonant.

The most entertaining album of the year so far. So incredibly fun to listen to.

This new album sounds more "tame" when compared to its predecessors but I still enjoy it quite a lot. I loved a lot the craziness of their earlier works but I also like this, more mature music. And surely it wouldn't be DSO if their album sounded predictable so you are bound to find some little surprises here and there when you listen to it for the first time.
One of the not-so-many albums released this year that I really enjoy listening to.

It is one strange album,i dont know what to say,it makes me speechless.this is strong album for sure.i dont have much interests in symphonic metal and it is a bit too much symphonic for me but it has some interesting moments that doesnt heard on many albums.exit strategy of a wrecking ball is great song maybe the best song of the album.

I don't know. DSO just fail to really impress me with their last two album. As with Sing-Along Songs, this has some interesting ideas, but somehow all this stuff feels recycled from the first album - even though there are seemingly new ideas here...

First DSO album and i am utterly confused. This is so odd... goddamn i love it

Written by Alex F on 20.08.2012 at 04:04

First DSO album and i am utterly confused. This is so odd... goddamn i love it

Definitely check the others out. The debut is the only one I've heard in its entirety. Mindblowing stuff.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 20.08.2012 at 12:09

Written by Alex F on 20.08.2012 at 04:04

First DSO album and i am utterly confused. This is so odd... goddamn i love it

Definitely check the others out. The debut is the only one I've heard in its entirety. Mindblowing stuff.

and it is still their best by quite a margin.

I really liked listening to this album...it is not something i would play over and over again each day, but it is very nice music of many shapes

Very nice. Thus far my favorite of theirs.

I loved their first one, and was very disappointed in Sing-Along... (annoying vocals, bad songs, no focus). Fortunately they fixed most of these problems here, this is a great album! Hope to see them live someday.

Great album

This album is fantastic to listen to in the car.



As a matter of fact, so are the other albums. I like this one. On first listen, I thought there wasn't a song I didn't enjoy. Upon (many) further listens,only Kevlar Sweethearts seems to drag for me. Every other is fantastic. Think I still love the debut album (there is something nice about a lot of the sections with only one or two instruments, there is a restraint that I think was a little lacking in the past 2 albums).

Still goddamn fantastic.

Justice For Saint Mary has taken its place as one of my favourite songs of all time.
A song of beauty that transforms into something more sinister before being completely transformed in one of the most original ways I have ever seen in metal.

Every single song on this album is worth special mention, however I would buy this album just for Justice For Saint Mary. It's THAT good!

Written by X-Ray Rod on 20.08.2012 at 12:09

Mindblowing stuff.

Mindblowing, yes, as in mindblowing ridiculous.

It's baffling to me that Marcel enjoys this kind of music (their debut in this case) while he hates Ayreon (for example).

Written by Erik M. on 31.10.2013 at 21:24


It's baffling to me that Marcel enjoys this kind of music (their debut in this case) while he hates Ayreon (for example).

Because Diablo Swing Orchestra's debut is vastly superior to anything Ayreon ever did.

But the problem with Diablo Swing Orchestra is that they got weaker with every subsequent release.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 31.10.2013 at 21:31

Because Diablo Swing Orchestra's debut is vastly superior to anything Ayreon ever did.

But the problem with Diablo Swing Orchestra is that they got weaker with every subsequent release.

Well, of course I disagree with that. Couldn't even finish listening to DSO's debut as I found the music ridiculous. Yes, still have it in my debut albums list because so many people seem to love that album, and that list isn't really subjective (in the sense that there are quite a few albums that I don't really like or even really dislike).

Written by Susan on 12.06.2012 at 18:15

I didn't love the 2nd album nearly as much as the first and therefore was a bit nervous about this one.

God. Damn.

This album is fucking brilliant and maybe even better than the debut. Certainly the energy has been kicked up to 11 and oooh I'm obsessing over Justice For Saint Mary. The album ends and I play that one several more times. Who knew that this band could STILL be full of surprises!!! That's really saying something. I never saw that song's ending coming in a million years.

I agree, their second album wasn't as good as the first one. It's so insane at times, in a bad way. But their Latest album is quite awesome, I think I like it more than their debut album. And it definitelly deserves a better rating But the dubstep outro really, when I first heard it i was like, wtf?! is there something wrong with the sound? and I am still wtf-ing every time I hear it.

Listening to this album in the car, my stepfather who only likes stupidity like Lady Blabla and Rihanna, found this album interesting. But once Justice for Saint Mary blasted, he was in awe at the depth incorporated into this song and loved it.

This band changes people, man. It's like an experience.

Such an entertaining album. Loved the last song with it's controversial ending.