So, The Dillinger Escape Plan just released a new video for their track ‘Parasitic Twins‘ and I’m both completely confused and pretty uncomfortable. Take a look for yourself:
- JR
Tag Archive: The Dillinger Escape Plan
This time of year is pretty much all about looking ahead to the new year. It’s exactly the same at work; not many sales coming in, and so it is mirrored in the world of heavy music, which refuses to become enamoured and embroiled in the battle for Christmas number one, and instead lays mostly dormant (bar a few awesome offerings).
It was with great glee that I discovered today that two of the math metal scene’s greats are somewhere along the road to releasing new material.
First up, The Dillinger Escape Plan‘s frontman Greg Puciato has been tweeting during some downtime on tour with Mastodon and Red Fang to bring us news that writing for a new DEP record is occurring:
That statement may or may not please some or the other of you. I don’t care; DILLINGER ARE FUCKING WRITING!
Perhaps not as well known, but with no less of a pedigree – featuring ex members of Botch and These Arms Are Snakes – Seattle’s Narrows are much further along the road, having finished mixing of their new effort, which is sparse of details at the moment, but if it’s anything like predecessors Narrows, New Distances or their split with Heiress it will be big, loud and shit hot.
Definitely some great stuff to look out for next year. Not that we’re guaranteed the DEP next year, but there’s an outside chance, no?!
- CG
Whitechapel
Recorrupted
01. Section 8
02. Strength Beyond Strength (Pantera Cover)
03. Breeding Violence (Big Chocolate Remix)
04. This is Exile (Ben Weinman Remix)
05. End of Flesh (Acoustic Version)
[11/08/11]
[Metal Blade]
Much like their western contemporaries in Job For A Cowboy, Knoxville sextet Whitechapel seem to be stepping a bit away from the tropes of deathcore and are making an effort at approaching the realm of death metal. We’ve seen it on 2010′s A New Era Of Corruption with increased quality of songwriting, and Recorrupted continues with the band’s signs of improvement and artistic growth.
As I Lay Dying
Decas
01. Paralyzed
02. From Shapeless to Breakable
03. Moving Forward
04. War Ensemble (Slayer cover)
05. Hellion (Judas Priest Cover)
06. Electric Eye (Judas Priest Cover)
07. Coffee Mug (Descendents cover)
08. Beneath the Encasing of Ashes (Re-Recorded Medley)
09. The Blinding of False Light (Innerpartysystem Remix)
10. Wrath Upon Ourselves (Benjamin Weinman Remix)
11. Confined (Kelly “Carnage” Cairns Remix)
12. Elegy (Big Chocolate Remix)
[11\08\11]
[Metal Blade]
As I’ve stated numerous times, metalcore is a stagnant genre. It’s so full of bands with rip-off styles of music that so easily hark to their influences that you’d rather listen to the original. One of these “original” bands is As I Lay Dying, who are undoubtedly one of the originators of the modern metalcore style. Ever since their first album Beneath the Encasing of Ashes, they’ve been proving their dominance in the genre. Now As I Lay Dying has been a band for 10 years, and to celebrate, they’ve rewarded us with Decas, an album with three originals, four covers, a medley from their first album, and four remixes from the likes of Ben Weinman to Big Chocolate. The ultimate question is, is it a good reward to the fans for all their dedication and love?
The discovery of a new band is always exciting. Will it be something you’ve heard countless times? An experience that leaves a bad taste in your mouth? Or is it a treat from which you cannot stop consuming? I wanted to take a trip back in time to reminisce about bands/albums that not only introduced me to heavy music, but kept me coming back for more…
From The Archive: Mr. Bungle – Mr. Bungle
[This week on From The Archive, both Dormition and Alkahest weigh in on Mr. Bungle's self-titled debut record.]
Our love of Mike Patton is well-known around these parts, as we’ve already reflected upon his work with Faith No More, Fantômas, Peeping Tom and his one time collaboration with the equally insane The Dillinger Escape Plan. So it was only a matter of time until we covered his other band, the experimental and genre spanning Mr. Bungle. Having formed back in 1985 with all the members still attending high school and taking their name from a 1960s children’s educational film, Lunchroom Manners, Mr. Bungle released four demo tapes during the late 80s until finally being signed by Warner Bros. Records. Their debut self-titled album, Mr. Bungle, which was produced by jazz experimentalist John Zorn, was released on August 13, 1991, and upon first listen, there’s a lot to take in, as the band mixed metal, funk, ska, carnival music and jazz into one of the most unconventionally structured yet cohesive sounding albums I’ve ever had the pleasure of listening too.
East of the Wall
The Apologist
01. Naif
02. Linear Failure
03. My Favorite Society Guy
04. False Build
05. Precious Memories
06. The Apologist
07. Running Tab Of Sweetness
08. Horseback Riding In A Bicycle
09. A Functional Tumor
10. Nurser Of Small Hurts
11. Whiskey Sipper
12. Underachiever
[10/25/11]
[Translation Loss]
Opening to roaring feedback and a trudging doom riff fit for heyday Sabbath, East Of The Wall‘s sophomore effort The Apologist opens up quite unexpectedly. After all, such an opening wouldn’t often hint at a stylistic change that follows that would sit well among technically-minded music fans that East of the Wall’s fanbase is comprised of. For those unfamiliar with East of the Wall, think Mastodon with a post-hardcore flair or Isis‘ penchant for thoughtful instrumentation crossed with The Dillinger Escape Plan‘s acrobatic guitars. You’re in the ballpark, but just shy of home plate.
THE OCEAN – Firmament Above China Tour 2011 from Frameshock Productions on Vimeo.
Every time I see live footage of The Ocean I just want to see them again. Their support slot for The Dillinger Escape Plan in London almost one year ago helped make it one of the best shows I’ve ever been too, and I’m super stoked to see them when they come back next month with Textures.
They recently got back from playing a number of shows - including a couple of festival slots – in China, and they look awesome. I have no idea how burgeoning the Chinese metal scene is, but I’d wager they saw something special either way.
Which brings me to the above video, which serves as a trailer for the oft-spoken about documentary/live DVD that the band are working on as and when they can. Its current working title has been revealed to be Collective Oblivion, which sounds pretty rad to me if they keep it. It won’t be out until next year, but that’s fine with me so long as it lives up to everything I’ve seen so far. Seriously; those guys put some effort into filming good quality stuff with the very excellent Frameshock Productions.
- CG
America really needs to catch on with these massive rock and metal festivals. What we’ve got now doesn’t really cut it. I mean, we’ve had a surge in popularity with Bonnaroo, Zion Rock Fest, Maryland Deathfest (which we’re attending!), and New England Metal and Hardcore Festival, but really, we don’t have anything that can touch the Soundwaves, Downloads, and Rock am Rings out there. OH WELL, we’ll make do!
So Soundwave looks really neat next year. Obviously, the headliners are almost always nu-metal bands or Metallica, but there’s a ton of cool acts on board if the headliners aren’t really your bag (even though I hold the opinion that everyone should enjoy System of a Down in some capacity.) Digging through the lineup, I see Devin Townsend Project, Dillinger Escape Plan, Mastodon, Meshuggah, Gojira, and more. Lucky Australians.
Tickets go on sale Thursday, October 20th. You can check out the entire lineup in text form after the jump!
- JR
Whitechapel always struck me as being either generic or fairly decent until their latest album A New Era Of Corruption dropped. Then I thought they were alright, or pretty good at best. I figured they’d eventually work themselves into a sound I could actively enjoy as their career progressed, and this new Whitechapel track “Section 8″ is pretty damn awesome.
It’s a pretty interesting track that actually makes use of the three guitars. My only problem with the track is the style of mixing and the choice of tones which emphases low end and buries the leads and higher notes underneath, leaving them just barely audible. There’s a lot of cool ideas, and it’s a shame they’re barely audible. The song is still pretty awesome and gets me excited for their upcoming EP, rumored to be titled Recorruption, and is set to include some remixes of tracks, one of which from The Dillinger Escape Plan‘s Ben Weinman. That should be out around November 8th via Metal Blade.
Give “Section 8″ a stream over on the band’s Facebook. A like is required, but suck it up and quit being greedy.
- JR
These dudes in The Dillinger Escape Plan are always up to SOMETHING. If not writing/recording/touring on Dillinger, they’re doing guest spots, remixes, collaborations, and whatever other thing that can be done as a musicians. As vocalist Greg Puciato always says, they’re on “The Rock Clock,” which gives no time for sitting around and twiddling thumbs. There’s always a face to wreck somewhere, and you’ll be hard pressed to find a band more willing and able to do that without having to ask twice.
So here’s a rundown of some stuff the dudes in Dillinger are up to which you may or may not be aware of:
Greg Puciato and Soulfly’s Max Cavalera have been working together on a project of unknown specificity. The photo above is a picture that Greg tweeted of the project’s fist demo. Who knows what it will sound like!? At any rate, it’s probably most definitely going to be pretty awesome. The duo have collaborated before on a Soulfly track called “Rise of the Fallen.” Check out the video for that below:
