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mykidself · 1 year ago

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96 Albums I listened to, and was deeply into or deeply impacted by, age 5-18, in (roughly) chronological order. Made with Topsters.

List of artists and album titles behind the cut.

1. The Beatles - With The Beatles

2. Peter Gabriel - Shaking the Tree

3. Various Artists - The Lion King

4. Elton John - Elton John's Greatest Hits

5. Original London Cast - Phantom Of The Opera

6. Hanson - Middle Of Nowhere

7. The Wallflowers - Bringing Down The Horse

8. Smash Mouth - Astro Lounge

9. Sugar Ray - 14:59

10. Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind

11. Third Eye Blind - Blue

12. Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want

13. Green Day - Dookie

14. blink-182 - The Mark, Tom And Travis Show

15. Built to Spill - Keep It Like a Secret

16. Our Lady Peace - Clumsy

17. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication

18. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape

19. Nirvana - Nevermind

20. Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl

21. Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water

22. Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory

23. Papa Roach - Infest

24. Staind - Break the Cycle

25. Alien Ant Farm - Anthology

26. Sum 41 - All Killer No Filler

27. P.O.D. - Satellite

28. System of a Down - Toxicity

29. Howard Shore - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

30. System of a Down - System of a Down

31. Staind - Dysfunction

32. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People

33. Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American

34. Sum 41 - Does This Look Infected?

35. System of a Down - Steal This Album!

36. blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket

37. Tool - Lateralus

38. Tool - Ænima

39. Tool - Undertow

40. Deftones - White Pony

41. Evanescence - Fallen

42. 36 Crazyfists - Bitterness the Star

43. A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step

44. A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms

45. Porcupine Tree - In Absentia

46. dredg - El Cielo

47. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon

48. Pink Floyd - The Wall

49. Radiohead - Kid A

50. Depeche Mode - Violator

51. Opeth - Blackwater Park

52. Opeth - Damnation

53. Opeth - Deliverance

54. The Ataris - So Long, Astoria

55. The Ataris - Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits

56. The Ataris - End Is Forever

57. Box Car Racer - Box Car Racer

58. Jimmy Eat World - Clarity

59. The Early November - The Room's Too Cold

60. Further Seems Forever - The Moon is Down

61. Finch - What It Is to Burn

62. Thursday - War All The Time

63. Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News

64. Staind - 14 Shades of Grey

65. Bright Eyes - Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground

66. Bright Eyes - Fevers and Mirrors

67. Elliott Smith - XO

68. Elliott Smith - Either/Or

69. Radiohead - Hail to the Thief

70. Radiohead - The Bends

71. Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3

72. Coheed and Cambria - The Second Stage Turbine Blade

73. Queen - Greatest Hits

74. The Decemberists - Picaresque

75. The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts

76. The Decemberists - Her Majesty the Decemberists

77. Jonathan Larson - Rent

78. The Dresden Dolls - The Dresden Dolls

79. Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous

80. AFI - Sing the Sorrow

81. Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch

82. Green Day - American Idiot

83. Jimmy Eat World - Futures

84. System of a Down - Hypnotize

85. System of a Down - Mezmerize

86. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs

87. Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth

88. The Beatles - Love

89. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

90. Arcade Fire - Funeral

91. Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism

92. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank

93. Radiohead - OK Computer

94. Elliott Smith - Figure 8

95. Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill

96. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

#my cd collection #music #wanted to keep it strictly albums not soundtracks and stuff but had to make a few exceptions because they were such a moment in my life #anyway this is pretty self-indulgent but it’s nice seeing them altogether and it was an interesting trip down memory lane #I don’t think I’ve totally accurately ordered some of these #there were a few years where a lot seemed to happen quickly #and of course many of these I returned to over and over again so there were different periods where they feel prominent looking back #mostly I went with the earliest time I remember it entering the rotation #and of course there were some individual songs that were important and that’s not captured here but that’s ok #I think this tells a story

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nathancable · 2 years ago

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The early 00s music spiral continues.

Seen them twice, both times as support; never heard of them first time, but were decent enough that I bought their albums, listened and sang along next time (it helped that the singer is HOT AS FUCK.)

The weird thing is...I can't remember which time was which. Once, they were supporting 36 Crazyfists and one was *waits for it* Lostprophets (yeah, I don't like saying that either...actually saw them a fair few times.)

#18 visions #eighteen visions #lostprophets #36 crazyfists #music #Youtube

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multiversegeneration · 1 year ago

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Wiremouth - Story Of A Slit Wrist

album/ep : angel wings torn away

release date: 7 march 2002

genre: nu-metal, post-hardcore, alternative metal and metalcore

ffo: early 36 crazyfists

#underground nu metal #nu metal #post-hardcore #alternative #alternative rock #alternative metal #metalcore #old school nu metal #00s nu metal #00s alternative

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thesternj · 2 years ago

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My top 100 albums of all time (revised 2022 edition)

Explanation: years ago for my 25th birthday i did my first propper top 100 with albums being posted onto my at the time fairly active Facebook but it’s kinda lost to time and my tastes have changed alot since 2015 so here’s an older and more comfortable in his skin list that’s shifted with a somehow even more diverse taste in music.

100.Dead End Kings - Katatonia

99.w^w^^w^w - Car Bomb

98.Black Clouds and Silver Linings - Dream Theatre

97.Rammstein - Rammstein

96.I Am - Texas in July

95.The Future in Who’s Eyes? - SikTh

94.Bite Your Head Off - King Parrot

93.Exmilitary - Death Grips

92.Nothing is True & Everything is Possible - Enter Shikari

91.Wolf - Tyler,The Creator

90.Mouth of Swords - The Safety Fire

89.Grind the Ocean - The Safety Fire

88.Ghost Reveries - Opeth

87.Prequelle - Ghost

86.Material Control - Glassjaw

85.Colors - Between the Buried and Me

84.A Kind of Magic - Queen

83.Beyond the Permafrost - Skeletonwitch

82.Palimpsest - Protest the Hero

81.Deep Blue - Parkway Drive

80.Masters of Reality - Black Sabbath

79.Metal Resistance - BABYMETAL

78.Maximum Overload - Dragonforce

76.The Living Infinite - Soilwork

75.A Snow Capped Romance - 36 Crazyfists

74.In Waves - Trivium

73.Chaosphere - Meshuggah

72.The End of Heartache - Killswitch Engage

71.10,000 Days - Tool

70.Remission - Mastodon

69.Mechanize - Fear Factory

68.One Day Remains - Alter Bridge

67.Deconstruction - The Devin Townsend Project

66.Sounds of a Playground Fading - In Flames

65.Pork Soda - Primus

64.Sacrament - Lamb of God

63.Axe to Fall - Converge

62.Yoshu Fukushu - Maximum the Hormone

61.Ziltoid the Omniscient - The Devin Townsend Project

60.Fragile - Yes

59.Shogun - Trivium

58.A New Era of Corruption - Whitechapel

57. Grey Britain - Gallows

56.Remain in Light -Talking Heads

55.Ashes of the Wake - Lamb of God

54.Sentenced to Life - Black Breath

53.Painkiller - Judas Priest

52.Brave New World - Iron Maiden

51.All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us - Architects

50.Eremita - Ihsahn

49.Alpha -Sevendust

48.Gnosis - Monuments

47.Digimortal - Fear Factory

46.Ire Works - The Dillinger Escape Plan

45.[id] - Veil of Maya

44.That Handsome Devil - That Handsome Devil

43.Haji’s Kitchen -Haji’s Kitchen

42.Chaos A.D. - Sepultura

41.Slipknot - Slipknot

40.The Way of All Flesh - Gojira

39.Blood Mountain - Mastodon

38.Sailing the Seas of Cheese - Primus

37.Joy as an Act of Resistance - IDLES

36.Hellbilly Deluxe - Rob Zombie

35.Among the Living - Anthrax

34.Wisconsin Death Trip - Static-X

33. Nostalgia - Corelia

32.Fat of the Land - The Prodigy

31.Aenima - Tool

30.Bitterness the Star - 36 Crazyfists

29.Blackbird - Alter Bridge

28.Trees are Dead and Dried Out Wait for Something Wild -SikTh

27.The Discovery - Born of Osiris

26.Dirt - Alice in Chains

25.Scum Fuck Flower Boy - Tyler, The Creator

24.Alaska - Between the Buried and Me

23.L.D.50 - Mudvayne

22.The Fall of Ideals - All That Remains

21.Sheer Heart Attack - Queen

The Top 20

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20.Toxicity - System of a Down

The wild mixture of heavy guitars, duelling rambling (complimentary) lead vocals and heavy HEAVY political commentary makes this seminal 00’s STAPLE as iconic as it is but don’t get it twisted there is nothing but BANGERS on Toxicity and i can’t even think of a weak link here.

19.Dum Spiro Spero - Dir En Grey

An enigma of a band that never stays still, Dir En Grey’s ambitious growth is on full display here with what i reckon is their defining moment with as much disgusting soundscapes as there are beautiful crescendos and let’s not forget one of my all time favourite vocalists of all time KYO putting on performances that dive into inhuman sounding at times and just adds to the ominous presence this album has as a whole.

18.Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age

A concept album based off of the simple idea of “what if we can condense the feeling of what it sounds like to switch between radio stations into 1 album” and QotS nailed it super hard and i can’t just sit here and list off all the stand out moments as it’s all so varied and yet so focused that i can only say listen to this album in full as it’ll give you that intended vibe even in an age where we are consuming media digitally more than ever.

17.Worship and Tribute - Glassjaw

Glassjaw are kind of an underdog band in my eyes, never broke out in terms of mass popularity, but in hindsight are iconic with their very emotional delivery and emo infused post-hardcore styled song structures which all come together with something of a “sound of things to come” album without it being completely obvious about it at first.

16.To the Pain - Nonpoint

An album by a band that the Smackdown vs Raw games introduced me to this high on the list?! FUCK YES AND I’D DO IT AGAIN, Nonpoint’s “To the Pain” is something is a rare treat to me: hard rock/metalcore infused with south american rhythms and blistering vocals that are parts rap and other parts nu-metal delivered by a guy who’s voice is so unique to me it’s nothing short of special (to me atleast).

15. Buiiku Kaesu - Maximum the Hormone

To say MTH shaped my weirdest parts of my taste is an understatement, i’ve tried to describe MTH over the years and at this point calling them a Japanese System of a Down doesn't do them justice: Nu-metal,Funk,Punk,deathcore,metalcore,ska,rap just doesn't roll off the tongue but it rolls off of the many vocalists of this band’s collective tongues as does their fun word play, their ability to change styles on a dime and not to mention giving us the best parts of Death Note’s OSTs (don't @ me) Buiiku Kaesu formed me and i’m eternally grateful.

14.MM.. Food? - MF DOOM

OK full transparency, my rap knowledge isn’t close to my metal/rock/video game ost knowledge, BUT that does not matter in the slightest as MF DOOM was a once in a generation talent, an ear for unique samples, a flow that’s unrivalled in my ears, natural charm in delivery, sure some lyrics haven't aged too well but he’s done so much great here that it’s easily glossed over with what i consider my favourite Rap album. Rest in Power MF DOOM, ALL CAPS REMEMBER THE NAME.

13.White Pony - Deftones

At a time ruled by the dumber Nu Metal bands, Deftones decided to deliver upon the world a low key killer but don’t get me wrong there are HEAVY parts on White Pony that can rend flesh (“Knife Party” being the key example as Rodleen screams like her soul is being burnt from her body) but what gets me is the band’s control of atmosphere with stuff like “Digital Bath” and the infinitely sexy “Passenger” and let’s not forget that their label made them turn possibly my favourite deep cut “Pink Maggit” into seminal Nu Metal banger “Back to School” (which tbf im not fussed about)...BUT this isn’t my favourite of Deftones’s albums, that honour goes to…

12.Diamond Eyes - Deftones

This is the album that opened my ears up to Deftones in the first place, so many bangers from a focused and hungry Deftones, atmosphere so dense it’s transcendent at points, grooves so heavy Meshuggah would blush, Chino’s insane range comes out in full force from subtle and sensual deliveries like “You’ve Seen the Butcher” and “Beauty School” to visceral screeches on “CMND/CTRL” and “Rocket Skates”, if you’ve never felt like you got along with Deftones maybe you’ve needed this album to get you hooked much like it did to me.

11.Silent Machine - Twelve Foot Ninja

Twelve Foot Ninja are fairly obscure but i sure as shit treat them better than that personally, they are so unique in what they do and it’s not even funny, they move from heavy riff based modern metal to smooth jazz to reggae to ballades with ease and this album is one of those “helped me expand what i thought what a song’s soundscape can be within 3 minutes” type of deals. Me describing this album won’t do it justice, please just listen to it if you like metal and want to hear what it can do when it doesn't take itself too seriously “but seriously enough to go hard at times).

10.Frances the Mute - The Mars Volta

Ok, Full transparency: it took me decades to get my head around this album but “Frances the Mute” is one of the most rewarding relistens i’ve ever had, this is a complex story that i can’t do justice but i’ll attempt to explain it’s sounds: a progressive and psychedelic ride through a southern american city scape with injections of jazz, prog and rock that gives this such a dense soundscape and has to be absorbed as a whole sitting over any of it’s singles (which i reckon is why it took me so long to fully understand this album).

9.Coal - Leprous

From the first listen of this heartbreaking album, i knew i loved Leprous, the musicianship on display is only second to Einar Solberg’s gruelling vocals throughout delivering some of the most well crafted lyrics i've ever heard alongside having a cheeky guest feature from another god tier vocalist in Ihsahn solidified “Coal” to be an all timer for me and not a day goes by where i don't think about the gorgeous cover art.

8.Volition - Protest the Hero

Protest the Hero nails a certain vibe for me, very tongue in cheek lyrics that are scathing yet playful; however it never detracts from the devastating topics they cover in Volition and how they accompanied these well delivered stories using technical yet catchy mathcore song structures. I don’t feel like I can do this justice but if you need something fun yet cynical and aren't afraid to tackle heavy subjects, I'd highly suggest “Voiliton”.

7.Alive or Breathing - Killswitch Engage

1 word: ICONIC. The work KSE have put in for the genre of Metalcore as a whole has been nothing short of influential, Alive or Just Breathing gave the world riffy yet melodic metal that was easy to sing along with and in the end it only got more about those hooks and riffs as time went on (specially when Jesse Leach left and Howard Jones joined for those also very influential years).

6.Periphery II: This Time It’s Personal - Periphery

P2 changed how i listened to albums honestly, it made me sit back and appreciate a lot more the music and also it made me appreciate how context can add a lot to a song you may not of been into on a first listen, this for my money is peak Periphery and nothing says it better than P2’s sheer beauty in it’s production being spotless, it’s composition being on point, Misha being one of the greatest guitarists of all time and let’s not forget Spencer’s sheer range on display with his vocals. P2 is a landmark moment for Djent and Prog Metal and i hope it’s revered in years to come alongside your “Moving Pictures” or “Dark Side of the Moons” of the world (but hey that’s just like my opinion man)

5.Nocturnal - The Black Dahlia Murder

Parts Death metal, parts melo-death, parts nerdy and horror based lyrics and themes but all PEAK MODERN DEATH METAL! There i said it, “Nocturnal” is peak modern death metal that covers so much that i can’t do it justice (you’ll hear this atleast once more this list) please if you like heavy music with alot of melodic elements then go listen to Nocturnal.

4.Slaughter of the Soul - At the Gates

THE Melodic death metal album, plain and simple, it set the standards for bands like The Black Dahlia Murder to your Killswitch Engage's and countless others with it’s melody based riffs and lead guitars and solos whilst staying vicious with it’s vocal delivery whilst not losing a single ounce of it’s sense of aggression that leads to a standout of the 90s metal hall of fame.

3.New Junk Aesthetic - Every Time I Die

I remember the first time i heard this band, it was on Metal Hammer sample CD and it had “The Marvelous Slut” by Every Time I Die on it and holy fuck that changed me, a song that’s less than 2 minuets long that really made me go out of my way and find the album and boy howdy did i find ETID,

This album is a really REALLY fucking great Hardocre album with some of the greatest lyrics i’ve ever heard, winding around and around using contradictions in forms of questions to only be highly self aware and genuinely funny at times in a snarky way only Keith Buckley could deliver and let’s not skimp on the fact the whole band is firing on all cylinders with this.

For years this and Numbers 2 and 1 have danced around but New Junk Aesthetic can sit comfortably as the one that stayed in the 1st slot for YEARS before this was finalised.

2.Human - Death

If you put a gun to my head and said “show me what you think perfect death metal is” Human by Death would be my answer, not because it’s the most brutal or is the most definitive, but it’s that it metalness lies in how it baffles people at times, its brutality is the mirror it holds up to what it means to be human (i swear this is about Human by Death and not NieR Automata,promise). Gnarly vocals, technical and calculated playing and honestly impressive albums for it’s time, a real “shape of things to come'' album and it really doesn't get the credit it deserves as why death metal,tech death and all of the other prog death sub genres evolved.

1.One - Tesseract

I think this was a slow burn but not in a traditional sense, i loved it on release however my love was directed more at the Concealing the Fate EP at the time as i had never felt that way about a large piece of music before, fast forward to 2022 and i have finally realised this album makes me feel even at times where i was at my most apathetic to life. It’s serene from front to back however it’s not just that it’s also heavy and groovy to a point where it warped how i enjoyed certain musical patterns WHEN SOMETHING MAKES YOU APPRECIATE HOW HARD A TIME SIGNATURE IS BUT DOSN’T MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A PRETENTIOUS TWAT THEN THAT’S GOTTA MEAN SOMETHING RIGHT?

Oh and i would be doing a disservice if i didn’t mention how Dan Tompkins became my favourite vocalist of all time with everything on “One” coming of as genuine and passionate whilst never needing to go overboard, he’ll let the music breath when it needs to and even on songs like “Autumn” where it’s a long gap in between his vocals but it feels like a cleansing few minutes to let the atmosphere stew and boy does this album’s atmosphere make for the finest comfort food.

And that was the redo of my top 100 albums from almost a decade ago. I gotta say a lot has changed but in the end I still can’t convey how I really feel through words but I hope you guys will enjoy the albums I suggest in the meantime :) (I’ll also make a playlist of select songs from each but i’ll do that soon as it sounds like a fun side project).

#My Top Albums of All Time 2022

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myremains · 7 months ago

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We’ve got us a cheekly little supergroup action going on here! Kill The Lights is a band comprised of ex-BFMV drummer Moose, Still Remains guitarist Jordan Whelan, Ex-Throw The Fight vocalist James Clark and Threat Signal guitarist Travis Montgomery. That is quite the line up, its all very exciting but I feel I’m old enough to say I’ve been here before when things look good on paper but don’t quite come off, the first album has slipped me by so this is my first experience of their sound.

We screech back in time to back when the likes of Bullet For My Valentine and Trivium smashed through the scene, “Hear You Scream” is a perfect blend of the aforementioned; harsh tones, smooth riffage, bouncy chorus, just generally great fun reminiscent of a simpler time. “Broken Bones” is striking me with a peppering of early 36 Crazyfists, it’s almost 100% in the vocals, the marching riff matches the heightened pace with a tinge of sweetness, I’m honestly almost convinced I’m back in 2001. That vibe followed on from “Die Alone” in the vocals, but I’m also vibing with that beautiful thick twangy riff, it’s almost Lamb of God smooth. “Scapegoat” is distantly reminiscent of early Trivium material, but I can feel their own voice connecting through all these tracks giving an old style a complete new lease of life. There is so much going on in “From Ashes” I can’t figure out what about it is so familiar, it’s great, there’s so many switches and peaks which invite you to stay the course. As the album. Progresses we start to see a more classic heavy metal and thrashy throw back, “Suicidal” is the prime example, it’s very Megadeth/Metallica hybrid, love the solos mind you.

I think a huge credit goes to the versatility of those vocals, and those who produced them. You can tell these guys grew up and were passionate about the scene throughout their lives, by just how comfortably they can replicate and enhance the core of it into something new. I resonated a lot more with the first half of the album however I have mad respect for the way they’ve paid homage to the OGs. The only thing that would have made me happier nostalgia wise would have been an old fashioned secret track at the end of the album.

[7/10]

#kill the lights #death melodies #myremains #metal #reviews #music #album #2024

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metalindex-hu · 2 years ago

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Chimaira: The Impossibility Of reason (2003)

Chimaira: The Impossibility Of reason (2003) - https://metalindex.hu/2023/05/15/chimaira-the-impossibility-of-reason-2003/ -

20 év tömény zúzda

Emlékszem még arra a korai középsulis időszakra, amikor elkezdődött a 9. osztály és az osztálytársakkal elkezdtünk ismerkedni. Rögtön megindult a klikkesedés, hogy ki milyen ember és mit szeret jobban. Nálam ez valahogy érdekesen ment, mert én nem igazán voltam az a célirányosan csak egy csoportba tartozó kölyök akkor. Mindenkivel szerettem jó viszonyt kialakítani, ami nem mindig sikerült (sokszor szekáltak azért mert sportoltam, és egy ��picikét” kocka voltam), de valahogy mégis sikerült ezen az útvonalon maradnom a technikum végéig. Ekkor már benne voltam a death metal világában, kezdtem ismerkedni a nu metal és egyéb műfajok igazi elegyeivel, és épp ekkor kezdett el vonzani engem a metalcore, és még a New Wave Of American Metal, röviden NWOAHM, ahova lehetett sorolni különböző korai metalcore együtteseket, mint például a Shadows Fall-t, God Forbid-ot, Trivium-ot és az As I Lay Dying-ot. Néhányuk jogosan került bele ebbe a skatulyába, azonban elég nehéz volt definiálni, hogy pontosan mely együttesek tartoznak ebbe bele, és megmondom őszintén, én még a mai napig benne vagyok ebben a dilemmában.

A Chimaira pontosan ez a fajta banda, akik sok helyen metalcore bandaként vannak bejelölve, de ez egy nagyon rossz megállapítás, mert a metalcore műfajra jellemző stílusjegyek egyáltalán nincsenek jelen a zenekarnál. Sokkal inkább az a fajta együttes, akik ötvözik a Pantera-t, a Fear Factory-t nagyon thrash és hardcore elemmekkel. Amikor először találkoztam velük, pont a Roadrunner United koncert DVD-jén hallottam a Pure Hatred dalokat, amit a Hatebreed énekesevél Jamie Jastával, a Fear Factory gitárosával, Dino Cazares-el, Andreas Kisser-el, a Sepultura gitárosával Adam Deuce-al, a Machine Head basszerosával és a Chimaira ex-dobosával, Andols Herrick-el adtak elő. A dal maga tömény, nyers zsigeri zúzdájával azonnali rajongóvá tett, és rögtön elkezdtem kutatni a banda anyagai után. És így vált gyakorlatilag a The Impossibility Of Reason lemez számomra az igazi Modern Metál lemezzé! Kb mondhatnám azt, hogy a 2003-as év Reign of Blood-ja volt. Semmi speciális líraiság, meg kísérletezés, hanem brutális, egyirányú kőkemény zúzdadömping! És mára 2023-ban hihetetlennek találom, hogy ez a lemez 20 év elteltével is igenis nagyon releváns a metalcore és modern metalosok körében. A banda 98-as alakulása óta kiadott egy Ep-t, a This Present Darkness néven, ami 2000-ben látott napvilágot, és 2001-ben kiadták a Pass Out Of Existence nagylemezt, bemutatva a zenekart. Az együttes ekkor már a Roadrunner Records-hoz igazolt, ahová folyamatosan kerültek be a friss és új bandák, mint a Trivium, Spineshank, Killswitch Engage, 36 Crazyfists. Igaz, a debütáló lemez nem hozott akkora sikert a bandának, de azért elkezdtek felfigyelni rájuk. A kiadó elkezdett morfondírozni azon, hogy felbontsák a bandával a lemezszerződést (volt már rá példa a Roadrunner-nél a death metal érában), illetve javaslatokkal bombázták őket, hogy milyen irányba kéne menniük, de a banda ezeket mind elutasította. Ezek után a banda majdnem 1 éven keresztül írta a következő sorlemezük anyagát, azzal a céllal és hozzáállással, hogy nem érdekli őket az irányvonal, olyan zenét fognak írni ami nekik tetszik, és a dolog ilyen egyszerű. A puszta negatívitás és a stresszhelyzetek szülték a helyzetet, ahogy hallgatom újra és újra a lemezt, meg ahogy nézem hozzá a a Dehumanizing Process DVD-t, amit később adtak ki hozzá, hogy a rajongók lássák hogy, és miképp készült ez a monstrum. A stúdiómunkálatokat egy garázsból átalakított stúdióban vették föl, szülővárosukban Cleveland-ben és a végeredményt 2003 Március 13-án hallhatta meg a nagyvilág. Még továbbra se hiszem el, és lehet ezzel csak ismétlem magam, de ha egy ilyen lemez csak úgy születik, hogy fel legyünk húzva, akkor engem szüntelenül, napi 24 órában kéne idegesítsen, hogy ilyen remekműveket kreáljak!(hehe)

Nincs üresjárat ezen a lemezen! NINCS! Az Impossibility of Reason a majdnem egy órás játékidejével odaszegezi a hallgatót és folyamatosan árasztja a tesztoterontól és adrenalintól bűzlő iszonyat súlyos dalokat. Remek riffek, igazán emlékezetes részek, amik azonnal megragadnak az ember fejében. Nem túlbonyolított dalszerkezetek, bár Andols Herrick, a zenekar dobosa azért igazán érdekes témákkal fűszerezte meg itt-ott a dalokat, hogy azért ne legyenek teljes mértékben egysíkúak. Mark Hunter, a zenekar énekese hengerlő és betonozó, magas üvöltéséből szinte sugárzik az agresszió és az a hozzáállás, hogy „Nekünk aztán rohadtul senki ne mondja meg, hogy mit csináljunk”, és ezzel maximálisan egyet is tudok érteni, mert magam is gondolkodóba esek, hogy egy külső személy miért akar minden áron belekontárkodni a zenészek alkotói szabadságába??? Még akkor is, ha a lemezkiadó alelnökéről van szó! Ő csak intézze a promóciót, a többit bízza az együttesre! Na lényegtelen… Ahogy a lemez rástartol a Cleansation-nel, az már egy azonnali hívószónak indul, hogy takarodás a moshpitbe, mert ez nem lesz piskóta! A hangzás az előző lemezhez képest sokkal letisztultabb és DÖG(!)-szerűen szólal meg, hogy nagyon sokáig minden zenekar ezt, vagy az As I Lay Dying hangzást kérte a stúdiómérnököktől. Azért persze észrevehető maradt, hogy a sampleres, Chris Spicuzza ide-oda berak egy-két érdekes elektronikus-indusztriális csodát, de egyáltalán nem viszi el a zenét atmoszférikus szintre, hanem minden dalhoz olyan elemet rak oda, ami a zenéhez passzol. A The Impossibility Of Reason dalt minden régisulis thrasher megirigyelhetné, és a Pictures In The Cold Room húzós groove riffjétől szabályos libabőr kerülget. Nagyon érződnek ezeken a dalokon, hogy groove, hardcore thrash és egy csipetnyi industrial került bele, de mindig azon kapom magam, hogy esszenciálisan, és mesterien vannak összerakva a dalok. Mark tiszta éneklése nagyobb teret kap, de nem annyira, hogy visszavesse a zene agresszióját és dinamikáját. Az utánuk következő favorit daltriumvirátusom a Power Trip/ Down Again/Pure Hatred igazi ékkövekként tündökölnek, mert a Power Trip és a Pure Hatred igazi istentelenül dühös és gyalázatosan betonozó dalok, köztük meg a Down Again inkább balladisztikus zongora intrójával üde színfoltnak tűnik ugyan a lemezen, de ez egyáltalán ne tévesszen meg! Nem… Ez a dal is ugyanolyan földbe döngölő mint a másik kettő, csak más perspektívából kell nézni. A Dehumazing Process féktelensége és spontán megállós témaváltakozásai fület kápráztatóak, és egy-két helyen jól hallhatóak a Fear Factory behatások. A Crawl lassú indulása ad egy igen ijesztő és néhol Sludge-os képvilágot, ahol még Mark hangja is inkább Crowbar-os próbálna lenni, igaz a saját vokál tartományán belül. Az utána következő Stigmurder viszont ismét visszaránt minket a thrashes, groove-os zúzdaorgiába és fojtogat minket a gondolat, hogy ezek hogy voltak képesek mindezt véghez vinni? De nem is akarom tudni a választ… Eyes Of a Criminal középtempós ritmusos riffje még most is ott cseng a fülemben és a Overlooked picivel komplexebb témája és zúzdássága továbbra is intenzív nyakfájdalmakat okoz nekem, mert ösztönösen megindul az ember amint meghallja a nótát. A végére meg jön a 12 perces Implements of Destruction, és itt a zenekar bevet némi muzikalitást is modernizálással ötvözve instrumentálisan, de olyan jól adagolva, hogy véleményem szerint (mert nekem is lehet) sok progbanda ezt a teljesítményt megirigyelhetné.

Természetesen a megjelenés után a lemez határozottan nagyobb sikert hozott a bandának, mint ahogy azt gondolták és a Roadrunner is végre elégedetten mondhatta azt, hogy a banda megtalálta azt amire szükségük volt és ez pedig az a céltudatosság. A magam részéről is azt mondom, hogy ez a lemez és alapjában véve a Chimaira letette a modern groove metal alapkövét ezzel a lemezzel és bátran oda tudom helyezni a Slipknot IOWA lemeze mellé, mint az egyik legdühösebb albumot, amit valaha hallgattam az életemben. Aki esetlegesen még csak most hall először a bandáról annak javasolni tudom ezt a lemezt, ha kell neki egy kis extra dinamika és agresszió. Azok, akik viszont régről ismerik, és szeretik, azok vegyék elő és bontsák szét a szobájukban lévő összes garnitúrát, mert ez a lemez körülbelül ilyen érzést ad, és fog adni még így 20 év után is.

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