Dillinger Escape Plan - Dissociation (RSD2022)

There are some bands who have managed to hone their craft and combine their influences so well that it’s almost impossible to apply them to any singular umbrella genre. Dillinger Escape Plan have been one of those outfits. Sure, you can label them as a band who occupy the heavier, alternative side of today’s music scene, but there’s so much more going on in their sound. Shortly after announcing their sixth studio effort, Dissociation, in late 2016, they also announced that they would be disbanding after the subsequent tour. That’s beside the point, though; what matters is how they’ve combined all their auditory traits with both old and new tricks in this last album; and it’s a perfect encapsulation of their art. Opener "Limerent Death" delivers the goods in totally unexpected and never-tired fashion -- dredging, distorted riffs with vocalist Greg Puciato's menacing, harsh vocals spit vigor at the listener before launching full-throttle into a bombastic tempo with pummeling drum work fr