4. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Irony is a Dead Scene
I didn't pick this because it is mathy (of course all music is actually mathy) or super technical or even because Mike Patton does the vocals for the album. I picked it because the song writing is superb. The instruments weave in, around, and through the vocals and each other creating a web of heaviness. Patton's vocals are over processed to the point of un-recognition but serve the music well. The whole group uses dynamics well. Especially in bridge sections is this apparent. They bridges are slow in coming and very slow to leave. This brings anticipation and gives you patience for the heaviness that is sure to follow.
5. and you will know us by the trail of dead - Source Tags and Codes
Each song gets better as this album progresses. Each song is arranged for beauty clashed with anger and (I'm sure) throwing guitars. The guitars play beautiful melodies and then go into harshness and angriness. You never quite know how you should feel while listening to this album. Should you feel melancholy over the sweet sad melodic guitar lines or angry over the abrasive drums and guitars. All you know that you know is that you shouldn't be happy, unless of course you are happy because of the awesome quality this music possesses. Released February 26, 2002
Mike Frost - Music Editor for Buzzgrinder
1. Suffering and the Hideous Thieves – Real Panic Formed
This CD was a flat out kick in the teeth. When Jeff Suffering came onto the radar with the 90 Pound Wuss debut album, I was hooked by the raw fury and unbridled energy that they brought to their music. When Raft of Dead Monkeys was brought to my attention (I missed the self-titled, but Thoroughlev was ten times better anyway) I was an instant sucker for the Fugazi-ish punk musings that literally sucked you into their world. As much as I loved Suffering’s past bands I was completely unprepared for the staggering jolt I would feel for months. I seriously have never heard an album that was this good. At a point in time where the music being pushed out was flat-lining two weeks after release date, Suffering and the Hideous Thieves came out of nowhere and shattered everything that was ‘cutting-edge’ music. This album was not only revolutionary at its release; I expect that this album will have an incredible impact for years to come.
Article comments
1 - Marko
What about Sigur Ros?? Can I hear it for Sigur Ros? Anyone?
2 - markbrandt
So for Christmas people gave me CD's and 2 of these have the chance of making my top 5 if I would have had them before I wrote the top 5.
Anthallo - Sparrows: This is good. It makes all other emo look silly and unimportant
Hopesfall - The Satellite Years: melodic hardcore but better then the other melodic hardcore bands. It's beauty mixed with brutality
so consider these honorable mentions
3 - mike larkin
Matt DeBenedictis writes:
Cornell is conservative? I didn't know that; I guess I just assumed that because he hangs out with the Vedder crowd, he's a leftie. Are you sure?; if true, it's too bad, although it doesn't effect my admiration for his talents.
4 - Matt Debenedictis
yes Cornell is know to be conservative. in what end I'm not sure as he is not very public about his political convictions. That was the first thing he made clear when Audioslave started no politics...human rights..yes. Politics no.
"I have allways respected Chris for never backing down on his convictions." Eddie Vedder speaking on Chris cornell.
If you remember chris did some rock the vote PSA's back in the day on MTV. Which he soon spoke out against because rock the vote was using it's platform to get kids to vote democratic straight ticket style. Which even though I'm far from a conservative Chris was right to speak out like he did. Rock the vote was shifty and not honest.
5 - mike larkin
Thanks! I have a friend who's a big Soundgarden fan, and he said the same thing. He's a conservative himself, so i guess i should have figured.
I take solace in the thought that Cornell can't be all THAT conservative if he hangs out with ex-Ragers and with Vedder.
And you're right about Rock the Vote; that was a fraud, little more than a Clinton front group, really.
6 - markbrandt
Rock the Vote was lame. Instead of having kids get informed they just brainwashed them..lame...I don't really like Audioslave, but that's not the point.
7 - Menddave
YOU ALL FORGOT STAVESACRE. SHAME ON YOU.
8 - Solamente Frost
no, actually none of us forgot stavesacre.
9 - jess
ouch.
10 - jess
ouch.
11 - Matt DeBenedictis
I didn't forget the Stavesacre record. I think it's an a mazing record. their best to date. I just felt the other records i mentioned had a bigger effect than that record did.