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| 2.5 average | Itwasthatwas | April 29th 11 |
the jazz elements are cool but the heavy riffs fucking suck
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| 4.0 excellent | Bedex | December 4th 23 |
I love the chaos and variety at play here, and for a relatively obscure band this is solid quality. I've known this for a while but never jammed it in full, and it really holds up. The start is very strong (aside from the fadeout on 1) with two top end tracks that this band truly is the Meshuggy Contortionist of Chile. While nicely riffy 3 is a bit more awkward, but seeing drastically different instrumental tracks like 4 really adds a lot to the album atmosphere. The album goes largely instrumental for a while here, generally keeping us on our toes with smooth yet frequent shifts in style. 6 is more immediately riffy, and the conclusion slays. 8 is okay but feels a bit directionless, and the album loses points a bit as it goes past the excellent 1-2. 9 is another track like 4 which really adds to the charm of the album by bringing newfound variety, here with some electronica djent combination. The later stages of the album go back up in quality, 10 being another cool weird interlude, and 11 showing touches of death/grind violence, again another sign of this band's delightful taste for variety and chaos. Me likey. 3.8
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| 2.5 average | inhignent | December 19th 20 |
Their Jazz fusion potential is overshadowed by their inclination to rip-off Chaoshere.r
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| 4.5 superb | AnimalsAsSummit | July 11th 18 |
One of the best jazz metal albums out there, and I've
listened to hundreds. The jazz passages have a unique
sense of harmony that 99% of these types of metal fusion
bands neglect. Overall it makes for an incredible
atmospheric experience with bizzare metal that oscillates
from Meshuggah antics to strange death/grind, and even
electronica/ ambient flourishes among the jazz parts.
Truly a sublime and highly organic listen.
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| 4.0 excellent | Fernando Alves STAFF | December 23rd 12 |
Despite its divided and slightly unbalanced nature, "Unorthodox Creative Criteria" delivers a smart mixture of jazz textures and Meshuggah's oriented heavy riffing. Interesting album.
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| 3.5 great | Wolfe | November 20th 18 |
| 2.0 poor | bmelt CONTRIBUTOR | March 29th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | em17ah | December 5th 16 |
| 3.5 great | ev0ken | June 25th 11 |
| 3.5 great | vdop | September 26th 10 |
| 3.0 good | GibTG | October 7th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | L0G05 | February 19th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Salami | September 25th 07 |
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