Really did not like this. Generic, boring, and waaaay over polished.

Also, there's no soul. It's just a monotonous wall of wankery.

Decent. I really like Djent and most of the time very indifferent to its drawbacks. This is no different. Wasn't wooed or anything but it was a nice listen.

Yeah, the more I listen to this, the worse it gets.

I seem to be the only one who likes it...understand the complaints with the production and KNOWING that so much of it is programmed - still find it to be a good album, if it could be released with actual instrumentation even better. Some say it is generic, it sure as hell is a lot less generic than the newest Hypocrisy album (for example) and this is from someone who actually likes Hypocrisy very much. There is obviously no comparison between the two bands, but people seem to throw the word "generic" around quite alot, while other bands thrive on being just that.

I misread the band name as "Anus Pastry" the first time I saw the link to the review. O_o

Djent is not really my thing and this album is probably not going to change my mind.

Written by spirit_inblack on 03.04.2013 at 00:56

I misread the band name as "Anus Pastry" the first time I saw the link to the review. O_o

Give it a couple of days and there'll be a goregrind band with that name on MA.

"Groovy Rhythmo Chuggingham"

Written by Boxcar Willy on 31.03.2013 at 20:27

Really did not like this. Generic, boring, and waaaay over polished.

Also, there's no soul. It's just a monotonous wall of wankery.

This sums up my opinion on the whole djent thing in general really, especially the monotonous wall part. This doesn't sound like an album that's going to change my mind.

Written by R'Vannith on 03.04.2013 at 14:41
This sums up my opinion on the whole djent thing in general really, especially the monotonous wall part.

Don't know if you care for recommendations but this is from someone who usually doesn't dig the genre too much:
Bend The Sky
Vildhjarta
Uneven Structures

Specially the last one which is probably my favorite. I think they give djent a more than decent face.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 03.04.2013 at 16:23

Don't know if you care for recommendations but this is from someone who usually doesn't dig the genre too much:
Bend The Sky
Vildhjarta
Uneven Structures

Specially the last one which is probably my favorite. I think they give djent a more than decent face.

If there's anything that might change my opinion then I'd be happy to hear it. I mean I can't say I've gone out of my way to search the subgenre for something I can actually enjoy so I'll give those ones a go at some point. The Vildhjarta bunch have the nifty album artwork if I remember rightly.

Written by R'Vannith on 04.04.2013 at 16:49


If there's anything that might change my opinion then I'd be happy to hear it. I mean I can't say I've gone out of my way to search the subgenre for something I can actually enjoy so I'll give those ones a go at some point. The Vildhjarta bunch have the nifty album artwork if I remember rightly.

And Chimp Spanner

Written by [user id=4365] on 04.04.2013 at 16:55
And Chimp Spanner

Fuck, no idea how I missed that one... But oh well, figured you'd come by sooner or later.

Written by R'Vannith on 04.04.2013 at 16:49
If there's anything that might change my opinion then I'd be happy to hear it. I mean I can't say I've gone out of my way to search the subgenre for something I can actually enjoy so I'll give those ones a go at some point. The Vildhjarta bunch have the nifty album artwork if I remember rightly.

Yeah they have that nice artwork indeed. Also worth mentioning... This are one of the few djent bands that don't annoy me with their vocals (well, Bend The Sky doesn't count since they are instrumental). Both Vildhjarta and Uneven Structures have good vocals (bonus points for the later since it also has good non-whiny clean vocals, specially in the song "Frost").

Written by [user id=4365] on 04.04.2013 at 16:55

Written by R'Vannith on 04.04.2013 at 16:49


If there's anything that might change my opinion then I'd be happy to hear it. I mean I can't say I've gone out of my way to search the subgenre for something I can actually enjoy so I'll give those ones a go at some point. The Vildhjarta bunch have the nifty album artwork if I remember rightly.

And Chimp Spanner

That name seems familiar to me for some reason, I think I have heard something from them before but I'll have to revisit. And you reviewed their latest one, which was in the awards, maybe that's why it's familiar. Thanks, I'll check it out too.

Written by [user id=140513] on 04.04.2013 at 21:42

I have a hard time putting Chimp Spanner in the djent group, but that guy is definitely talented.

Also, Uneven Structure is an amazing band, and I highly recommend them. The song "Buds" is one of my favorite songs in the genre.

To be more accurate Chimp Spanner is more prog metal with djent overtones, and occasional straight up djent approach (Harvey Wallbanger etc.).

Much like meshuggah is to most people this is a very difficult listen if its "not your thing." That being said, there alot of really subtle rhythmic composition elements that, to me at least, makes this album pretty interesting. I understand the knocks though.

For those that need to get into the genre I'd recommend "Altered State" by tesseract, "masstaden" by vildhjarta, "februus" by uneven structure, and if you'd like more to get you into
It feel free to pm me its sort of a specialty for
Me these days.