We are at the end of the decade, so I collect some ideas and impressions on the discs that I consider fundamental and inalienable, among those released in the year 2000. Still much to deepen and
I know, this is a snapshot of what the end of 2009, rising from my stereo, so far has reached my brain and my heart, and left deep scars.
(the order of presentation of the discs is ... is not an alphabetical list)
I know, this is a snapshot of what the end of 2009, rising from my stereo, so far has reached my brain and my heart, and left deep scars.
(the order of presentation of the discs is ... is not an alphabetical list)
Year 2002
Sigur Ros - () Poetry. A heavy stream white as a heavy snowfall. A storm of emotions, one of the most moving records I've been lucky enough to listen. A stream in between silence and noise, which appear in the sweet and melancholy melodies. Music that tells stories of faraway places us in a language that does not exist, but who can really speak to our inner self. Indescribable a rereading of the post-rock made by this Icelandic band, incredibly hot "settantiana", apparently only characterized by charming atmosphere, in fact much more intense than it appears.
Opeth - Deliverance erroneously considered a less hard, but Deliverance is the must-dark side of Damnation. A heavy disk and violent, that draws in some passages even Morbid Angel, never losing sight of the hazy atmosphere that made the band famous. Deliverance offers some of the most successful episodes of the Swedish band's career, as the amazing A Fair Judgement, prog ballad emotionally moving, and exceptional Deliverance, a progressive death metal that goes without doubt one of the best songs ever composed by Opeth, mainly due to Final steamroller.
Dredg - El Cielo, but gently melancholic melodies solar, halfway between alternative rock, post rock and progressive rock. A gem that brings inner peace in the listener. Guitars cash and angelic voice to songs structured as escalators, moving constantly.
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia The proposal of the band has moved decisively towards prog metal shores (thanks to the arrival of drummer Gavin Harrison, more powerful and the Square of Maitland). Riff granite in the balance between hard rock and metal start dancing in the beautiful Blackest Eyes, a song that would have disfigured the best albums of Opeth, and continue to strike on various occasions, showing Wilson's passion for heavy music of the new millennium, Tool in the head. In some ways, referring back to the recent productions of King Crimson, oriented energy compact of modern metal, Porcupine Tree are trying to raise the volume to give electric shocks to energy. But the melody certainly is not lacking in this record, but rather it is the real key, thanks to the usual manic attention of the arrangements, always special, shiny, catchy choruses to enrich school Beatles and psychedelic passages. An emblematic example, the wonderful Heartattack in a Layby, characterized by an intense interweaving of voices, or the sun and enveloping Trains, driven by acoustic guitar. A disc with a truly unique melancholy, by many fans as one of the most successful records.
Dillinger Escape Plan - Irony Is A Dead Scene It 's only an EP. But four songs manage to convey all the madness and overflowing energy that System of a Down will never have. Mike Patton's voice is amazing and really makes this disc a must
35007 - Liquid The Dutch pulled out a disk space rock psychedelic quite extraordinary. Becomes functional after the departure of singer (great voice, by the way!) The band to reduce the dose of stoner rock in favor of a more psychedelic dilated. A journey through the waves of the ocean, now calm and relaxed, now powerful and enthralling.
Meshuggah - Nothing The mechanical rhythms and overwhelming technological society are perfect representation in this masterpiece of alienation. Martial, apocalyptic, devastating, Nothing is the heaviest album of the Swedes. The pace slows down and rocks fall on us from every direction. Some very acid solos reminiscent of the best King Crimson ...
Isis - Oceanic Isis engage in a personal way to soak away the masters Neurosis, easing their music with a lot of post rock-derived arpeggios and structuring the songs in a more complex. A hard water (as a liquid of 35,007), button, alive.
Today is the Day - Sadness Will Prevail difficult to describe the pain expressed by this disc. Along with the Khanate Things Viral is probably one of the most vicious I've ever heard. 'S one of those albums that I find it hard to hear if they are not in the right state of mind. Mosquito sounds and hyper compressed, dissonances like rain (acid rain of course), filtered voices screech. You can not describe a frenzy at this level, you have to let rip the flesh from one of the dirtiest works ever conceived, and perhaps that is more cathartic.
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence Dream Theater I have looked around and absorbed the most interesting ideas of this millennium. Their progressive rock ultratecnico develops in a much longer and not really focus (especially the second half), an 'interesting hybridization with alternative rock. Not always mature and original, it is still a very good job with a great first disc, which reaches the summit Disappear with the beautiful, wistful ballad that effectively ended the career of Dream Theater, which from here on will fall to the bottom.
Queens of the Stone Age - Song for the Deaf Pure and simple rock n 'roll. But incredibly fresh and new. Melodically impeccable combines energetic rhythms and sweeping (Dave Grohl on drums) with riffs of stoner rock matrix (Josh Homme on guitar) and subtly melodic psychedelic. Mark Lanegan is a guarantee as a guest. Pure energy.
Tarantula Hawk - untitled instrumental A journey that leads us to lick the borders of Germany's psychedelic kraut rock of the 70s, but with modern means. A jumble of keyboards full of effects, crackling guitar drones and cosmic, a result of the most original and dizzying turn of the millennium.
Peter Gabriel - Up Delicate and full of charm, Up is an album that seems to come out from the 80, but after absorbing the sounds and atmosphere of the late 90's. Electronics drops, pop melodies sought after and almost always successful, arrangements superfine and never trivial. Gabriel's voice is pure poetry, and is the true strength of a record that alternates between light and shadow, tension and relaxation, pain and pleasure, all in an extremely engaging.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Yanqui UXO For many less interesting is the record of the Canadian band. To me it is what they like most. Their post-rock open wide approaches to some cosmic music and progressive rock, creating a unique atmosphere. More epic and the previous slide, loses a bit of charm to the absence of environmental interludes (voices and noise) but it shows even more melodic. Rockets Fall on Rocket Falls is one of the most exciting compositions ever.
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