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| Absolutepunk |
 It takes some bands many years to grab a hold of a strong fan base. Progressive writing behavior doesn't help either. Sometimes moving forward means picking up and dropping off fans along the way. Bands with a solid fan base will continue to test their listeners by riding a thin line of progression, while maintaining some sort of identity that those listeners have come to love them for. Few succeed at this. Many fail or ride the line so long, that when something drastic happens within their creative intellect, every listener vanishes at once.Enter the Dillinger Escape Plan's new album, Option Paralysis. For some, it's a return to form coming off of 2007's big step forward (and most critically acclaimed work to date), Ire Works. For some of the super fans, it's a culmination of everything the band has set out to do so far. I like to think that the album is much of the latter. The band displays no signs of calming down completely, but the song writing on Option Paralysis is an even mix of spastic riffs and infectious melodies which are backed by frontman Greg Puciato's slick vocals. The single, and first track, is a picture perfect representation of what to expect (and not expect) on the band's new endeavor. Somewhere between Patton freak-outs and Reznor choral lines, "Farewell, Mona Lisa" is a portrait of a band that has leveled out compositional intentions that were set out since Miss Machine. Instead of an uneven playlist of up's and down's, the band has blended both sides of their musical spectrum across the album, as opposed to separating them song by song. (See also: "Gold Teeth on a Bum" and "Chinese Whispers")...full text |
| Bbc |
| The past paints New Jersey’s The Dillinger Escape Plan as an impenetrable force of everything-against-nature, a combo whose combustive riffs were characterised solely by their mind-melting complexities. The past is both right and not: while the group, in their earliest incarnation (they’ve been through their share of members), essentially defined mathcore, a metal strand focusing on detailed dissonance, as their albums have passed the music has significantly evolved. Album two, 2004’s Miss Machine, was the first introduction to a Dillinger with a taste for melody, and Option Paralysis – album four, after 2007’s acclaimed Ire Works – is another long-player where accessibility isn’t entirely absent. Like its immediate forebear there are sounds that hark back to the band’s debut, 1999's Calculating Infinity; but just as with Miss Machine, this effort never bypasses a cracking chorus for the sake of spinning the senses. Those with penchants for more perfunctory riffs may still come away puzzled by the band’s amazing following, despite what could be (again) seen as concessions incorporated to lure beginners to the cause. But the hardcore are going to be blown away all over again....full text |
| Theskinny |
| Thirteen years on, DEP's current staff bears little resemblance to that original maelstrom of god-baiting vitriol and intimidating technicality. Of the founding fathers, only Ben Weinman remains - accompanied by late-arrival Liam Wilson - and since 1999's Calculating Infinity knocked the bar numerous notches higher for every mathcore group on the circuit, its all gotten subtly but progressively more pedestrian. Certainly replacement vocalist Greg Puciato had big shoes to fill but, whilst his original melodic input seemed a logical progression, incorporating the influence of one-time collaborator Mike Patton, here he frequently strays a little too close to an angry Brandon Boyd (ouch! - ed). Consciously or otherwise, courting mainstream success seems to have turned 18 certificate Dillinger into 15 certificate Dillinger. Option Paralysis is certainly packed with ability and the band still pursues ingenuity but, whether down to the lure of mass appeal or not, DEP are in danger of letting the rest of the musical pack catch up. [Chris Cusack] ...full text |
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