![]() Furthermore, ‘ Honey Suckle’ provides some of the best riffs you'll find amongst these 11 tracks, but sadly, riffs aren't quite everything. ![]() But like being stuck with a prime minister that you didn't vote for, you learn to deal with it and move on. Then we have the very best of the worst, ‘ Honey Suckle’, which again brings in their jazz sound but it interweaves between it and their usual mathcore/hardcore sound at such a rapid pace that it's immensely jarring and also distracting. After nearly 20 years spent pushing, pulling, coaxing, battering, tweaking and otherwise forcibly evolving the forms metal can take on, the Dillinger Escape Plan appear to be calling it a day. After announcing Dissociation would be their last album not many would have predicted that they could go out in such magnificent. Its been 5 years since The Dillinger Escape Plan have waved goodbye to their fans with their farewell album (2016s 'Dissociation') and subsequent tour. In the earlier part of their career, the Dillinger Escape Plan's sound was a glorious frenzy of unfathomable aggression and musicianship, with the band mashing disparate parts together to create something akin to a puzzle made up of pieces from random boxes that, somehow, made a complete picture. ‘ Low Feels Blvd’ is one-half metal, one-half jazz and it’s the latter that really steals the show, so much so that I just wished that it was a full jazz piece instead. Dissociation (2016) Most bands limp out of action with their material becoming less vital and more watered down with every passing year, so how refreshing it is that The Dillinger Escape Plan have bucked that trend. One of Us Is the Killer Review by Gregory Heaney. ![]() The dynamic and the emotionally serene middle section of ‘ Nothing To Forget’ is just surreal but it’s a shame that the band then returns to their typical heavy sound to wrap up the track, a feeling of which I can only equate to musical blue balls. The lengthy ' Wanting Not So Much' is such a mixed bag that I forgot it in a heartbeat upon each and every listen, save for the killer drum fills halfway through. Firstly, opener ‘ Limerent Death’ is the kind of stock standard cacophony the band produces and while good, it just fails to amaze me like some of the deeper cuts here do. The Dillinger Escape Plan Dissociation Party Smasher Inc., 2016 The progression of The Dillinger Escape Plan over the years has truly been a sight to behold. ![]()
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