Dillinger Escape Plan’s music might seem like pure chaotic noise to any first-time listener. Upon further examination, however, one discovers the complexity, technicality and sheer aggression that makes the band so appealing.
“We’re bringing a sense of unpredictability back to music. We want you to feel uncomfortable, to challenge you,” said guitarist, Ben Weinman in a 2008 interview.
The band’s latest release, Option Paralysis, definitely stays true to that unpredictability that fans have come to love. Though it features some of the band’s heaviest material to date, there’s also a good amount of slow songs – a style the band began experimenting with on their 2004 album, Miss Machine. It’s on these softer songs that vocalist Greg Puciato really gets to show his chops with a clean vocal style that’s equal parts Mike Patton and Trent Reznor. The song “Parasitic Twins” sounds like it could have been taken off of a Nine Inch Nails album.
The standout track on the album, “Widower,” is essentially a heartfelt piano ballad featuring guest pianist Mike Garson. The song builds up to a super heavy climax, as if to remind the listener “Yeah, we can write slow songs, but don’t think we’ve gone soft on you.”
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