![]() While Brandon Park is an excellent extreme metal drummer, I don't feel he captures Neil Peart's soul in the song. Personally, I find this take underwhelming but not unsatisfactory, as I feel Subdivisions, when one listens closely to it, is at its core a drum song. The album closes with a Rush cover of Subdivisions. "Speed" Strib's guest vocals on part III are also nothing less than phenomenal, but it's worth noting that McShane can perform this song live without assistance, and he absolutely kills it. Some of the songs are individually superb: Grey Matter Mechanics All Hail Science Of Mind and Matrix and part III (The Extermination) in particular are excellent, and I wouldn't hesitate to put them up against the finest offerings Europe has to offer in the genre. The theme itself is nothing new, even in the metal genre - Fear Factory being the most successful and obvious example of the machine overlord concept - but they demonstrate that theme with a deftness, creativity, and nod toward science and human technological advancement that is not normally approached in musical form. There are very minor leitmotifs from part I of the title track which are being revisited in part III, executed quite well: they evoke the familiar without seeming like carbon copies. The unifying theme to the concept album helps bring pieces of it together throughout. From Nothing is perhaps the most mundane track on the album - odd for the #3 hitter, but it's certainly not at all a bad song. It never seems to lack momentum almost every song is compelling in its own right. Of Allegaeon's albums to date, this is the most comprehensive and complete. For this album specifically, continue below. For thoughts on the band overall, skip below the break. This is a masterful album in the melodic/progressive death metal genre.
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