It took me the better part of half an hour to figure out the band name as seen on the cover but apparently this is the new album from The Faceless, a tech/death metal outfit out of LA. Normally I don’t like this genre too much but other than many of their counterparts, the dudes in The Faceless remembered to actually write songs. Songs with sick riffs, an even sicker voice, rhythms only an epileptic can dance to and an overall creepy atmosphere…. That’s what you can expect on “Planetary Duality” and I’m actually loving it!
Fresh off of tours with Lamb Of God and Job For A Cowboy, this quintet plays as tight as can be and while being an all out assault on your ears for most of the time, they don’t shy away from some clean vocals or melodic lines here and there. Hell, they even throw in a piano every now and again. It’s a daunting album to say the least. Take “Xenochrist” for example… thirty seconds into the song you’ll think you’re listening to Dimmu Borgir while fifty rhythm changes later you find yourself listening to a killer melodic riff before a cybervoice takes care of the vocals over a staccato riff while a funky bass line merrily dances away. And that’s just one song!
Like I said, I’m not too at home in this genre but based solely on me being able to listen to the entire album, enjoying it and actually wanting to hear it again, I’ll go ahead and call this one of the best in its genre.
Score: 8 out of 10
http://www.lifeforcerecords.com
http://www.myspace.com/thefaceless
Score: 8 out of 10
http://www.lifeforcerecords.com
http://www.myspace.com/thefaceless
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