Even on a relatively uninteresting song, however, the musicianship on this group is fantastic. There isn’t a bad song on the album, but the songs that are up to par still fall way behind the few hole-in-one efforts. Elsewhere, the disc’s cap “UltimateWhirringEndMachine” is a decent song that gets completely overshadowed by the transfixing and heavy “The Worm Engine” that precedes it. “A Stone Face of Piety” is an energetic, but imperfect opener, relying too much on riffing that’s relatively simple compared to the rest of the album. While Vela collects more interest than the Koch brothers’ savings accounts, there are a few missteps.
Even though there are plenty of whiplash-inducing riffs on this album, it always feels unpredictable, especially given the anxious semi-melodic passages that are interspersed within the songs, especially the detuned and broken-sounding entrance to “The Woodhouse Sakati Syndrome,” another holdover from the EP. The Dillinger Escape Plan have always said that their music is meant to make the listener feel uncomfortable, and that same ethic definitely applies here. Take for example, the freshly-minted “Arecibo,” which begins with a voracious scream of “ This rock was never enough/ to satisfy the craving.” It’s a perfect highlight of the extraterrestrial themes of the album (which is featured more prominently in the interlude “Stopping a God Midsentence” which includes a piano solo layered on top of a War of the Worlds radio broadcast). All while maintaining a distinct and understandable structure and unity within each song. It’s a mix of style that’s as instantly satisfying as it is continually rewarding, since they pay heavy tribute to their namesake, Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg, by incorporating disconcerting atonal sub-melodies and straying away from any sort of predictable chord progression.
The Schoenberg Automaton crafts songs that are immediately enticing while often being heavily atonal and sometimes confusing, wrapped around stop-and-go riffing that draws as much from their countrymen in Psycroptic as it does from the all-but-incomprehensible violence of Psyopus. What really matters here, though, is the new material, and it makes par.
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A smart move on the part of the band, given that “Pineapple Juice and the Tough Stuffed Olive” actively defies me to play it at anything other than full volume. Vela had better damn well deliver.Ĭleverly, all three songs from 2010’s The Schoenberg Automaton have been given a place on this disc, re-recorded but not significantly altered and beefed up through a new, crisp production job. Since that excellent EP, the Aussies have had three years to muster all of the necessary insanity for a full-length release that matches the intensity and freshness of those three songs which first put them on my radar. The three-track tour de force immediately turned me on to the Brisbane based tech-death group and their jittering, atonal, and surprisingly refreshing style. Only time will tell.The Schoenberg Automaton first caught my eye with their self-titled 2010 EP, which I probably found while browsing Bandcamp in a Meshuggah-induced stupor, keeping an eye out for anything promising that my penniless ass could download. However, individual freedoms can often be trapped by the intertwining of these circles.”Ĭheck out the artwork and track listing for Apus below and be on the lookout about any further announcements, as the band have relocated from the land of the kangaroos, to the land of the moose and maple syrup, so we’re hoping for any tour announcement. Our social circles help us understand our connection with loved ones and nature. We connect through social circles that intertwine with the different connections we establish, creating our reality that travels along the Mobius strip of our existence.
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Singer and professional beard bearer Jake Gerstle comments about the record: The better news is that you don’t have to wait that long to listen to their new tunes as the band also release a new track “Swarm” and we have it here for your enjoyment. making this their first release with the American label. The Aussies are gearing up to release their sophomore record this coming June 3rd via eOne/Lifeblood Inc. Australia is a very strange and dangerous place with animals that can kill you by just looking at you and great extreme metal, and now we bring you news from one of their great technical death metal bands The Schoenberg Automaton and the release of their new record Apus.
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