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Pomegranate Tiger - Entities Thanks to Mere for the recommendation. I don't know if this is my thing' date=' sounds too new-school widdly/djenty/etc... but I'll give it a chance![/quote'] I'm not sure it'd be your thing, it does too much of what I like. They also do the chug thing occasionally, which isn't great but certainly not awful. By the way, be sure to check out the tech-death/melodeath/grind band Unhuman, their debut album is very good. In particular the drumming is pretty impressive.
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I'm not sure it'd be your thing' date=' it does too much of what I like.[/quote'] :lol: True, that. I was impressed by the musicianship, but honestly didn't care for most of the music, with the exception of some really nice riffs. I doubt I'll listen to it again. Have you heard Wide Eyes? Similar, maybe with more breakdowns... I don't get into these breakdowns at all, they actually turn me off to chugging in general. It's a shame. Some very nice lyrical melodies on the Wide Eyes stuff, but it's not enough to redeem it in my view - and the synths sound positively like New Age music at times.
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Have you heard Wide Eyes? Similar' date=' maybe with more breakdowns... I don't get into these breakdowns at all, they actually turn me off to chugging in general. It's a shame. Some very nice lyrical melodies on the Wide Eyes stuff, but it's not enough to redeem it in my view - and the synths sound positively like New Age music at times.[/quote'] I suppose I'll give it a go, but I can't stand breakdowns unless they're done well, and I've only ever heard maybe three of those. I reiterate my recommendation of Unhuman.
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Fair enough. One must always have time for Control Denied.
Sadly, it's easy to make the time. Only fifty-odd minutes. Despite what Chuck said about making it a "different" project, and his claims that he didn't use leftover CD parts for the last Death album, it sounds like Death with power metal vocals. I'm still not huge on them, but I'm happy that I warmed up to them over the past few years. I initially hated them and they kept me from enjoying some of the great music on that album. I'm listening to that Unhuman now. I'm finding stuff to like in here despite the overuse of "tech death" cliches and the sterile production. Not sure about the vocals either, but it's actually engaging me, in contrast to most similar-sounding stuff I've heard. Thanks!
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'Volume' by Wide Eyes. Bwuh, there's melodic potential here but often it really just sounds exactly like Periphery. Then again that is true of perhaps every 'djent' band in existence, perpetually answering that burning question: How Do YOU Chug?

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