Review: The Dillinger Escape Plan – Option Paralysis
The Dillinger Escape Plan – Option Paralysis (2010) [Season of Mist] // Grade:D
Oh my fucking lord, how the fuck is this band as big as they are? The vast majority of this album is the aural equivalent of repeatedly slamming my dick in a bank vault door. This is possibly one of the most disjointed, grating, heinously annoying albums ever committed to tape. It’s like the worst fucking parts of Throwdown, mathcore, moshcore, and emo whining rolled into one bloody placenta covered late term abortion. Let’s break Option Paralysis down to it’s component parts shall we?
• The Drummer: Well, honestly I can’t really argue with the drummer, Billy Rymer. He’s probably just some studio dude. This is possibly the only +1 for this album.
• Guitar: Alternating between overly in your face mathcore tapping, mosh parts, and the “emo” parts where the singer makes a feeble attempt to “sing” makes me want to flay myself alive. The only respite is the occasional cock rock part that lasts about 3-6 seconds. And that’s only respite because it’s less annoying.
• Bass: The best and worst thing I can say about the bass in the album is that this motherfucker is an accomplice to the guitar playing. Major demerits
• Singer: Greg Puciato is probably the root of all of the worlds problems. If we hang him in public and broadcast it all over the internet I’ll almost willing to bet that Middle East peace will be achieved in under a year. Between his thin, hardly capable attempts at the “hardcore scream” to his pathetic forays into actual “singing” on way way too many occasions, I have officially deemed this person to be the archenemy of all things good on earth.
The best part about this album is that it’s not that long and it’s only two songs away from Discharge on my work computer.
March 17th, 2010 at 9:45 am
but ire works was such a good album!?
March 17th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Dude DEP basically created the crazy, off-time mathcore genre.
Calculating Infinity / Miss Machine are great albums, havent really heard Ire Works.
They are super solid live as well.
Anyone can make a bad album, but DEP deserve their overall success.
March 17th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
HAHAHAHA this is my favorite album review so far!
March 17th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
this author obviously has never heard of DEP. disregard this review.
March 17th, 2010 at 3:54 pm
made me laugh.
March 17th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
yeah, youre way off dude.
drummer is a KID from new jersey,
you may not like dudes vocals but you have to agree the band has been revolutionary.
March 17th, 2010 at 5:59 pm
“has been” being the two keywords here. loved their stuff up to the “irony is a dead scene” EP, but puciato desperately trying to sound like patton on “miss machine” was just pathetic. i’m good with the public hanging-idea.
March 18th, 2010 at 6:02 am
I read NGNV regularly and love it, but this review just screams elitist metalhead… I will say that some songs on this album are painful to listen to, but props to D.E.P. for breaking the mold and doing what the fuck they want. It’s more than you can say for 99% of bands out there.
Not to mention no matter how bad one of their albums may suck, they are easily the best metal/hardcore/mathcore/whateverthefuck live show I have ever seen.
March 19th, 2010 at 2:51 am
this guy is a fucking hipster..go listen to The xx fag
March 22nd, 2010 at 5:04 am
youre review made me buy this album