On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 08:20:07AM -0700, thesubtlebody wrote:
I'd like to respectfully, personally disagree. I found Arcturus' SHAM MIRRORS to be kind of mediocre and cheesy. (...) Speaking of Patton, the spectre of Faith No More's ANGEL DUST would seem (to me) to hang all over this record like a cheap suit: style, execution, method, sounds....that clean, chrome, burnished prog pastiche metal kind of thing.
Yess! I agree 100% with you. I had read great reviews of this album, but in the end I was quite disappointed. The "Angel Dust" reference is spot on. However, I was still a teenager when "Angel Dust" came out, so now it's kind of hard to listen to. However, after a few listens, "The Sham Mirrors" is getting better.
(...) and Dillinger Escape Plan's CALCULATING INFINITY (awesome hardcore-tinged metal, or vice versa?)
I strongly recommend this one too. As far as metal goes, I get a lot of kicks from anything the Dave Witte touches, especially the last Discordance Axis album, "The Inaliable Dreamless", which is the perfect grindcore album for me. Of interest are also Atomsmasher, with Jim Plotkin (I'm sure there is an easy Zorn/Plotkin connection, but it escapes me at the moment), and Burnt By The Sun's "Soundtrack to the personal revolution". Julien