 | Mestis Basal Ganglia
3.9
excellent
| Ranking: #85 for 2012 | |
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| 0.0 | snerefedsav | November 27th 12 |
good to see javier reyes get some attention of his own, because this project is doooooope
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| 3.5 great | Bedex | March 10th 21 |
Javier's solo project and I never heard it? What a crime. Stylistically I could see myself preferring this to AAL, but the execution is well below that of AAL's top notch work - now, granted, we are in 2012, and 2012 AAL isn't what they are now so we'll see where Mestis goes. The two harder tracks here that would qualify as metalley are 1 and 4. On both I find that I have an issue with the prod, which is lush and nice on the softer parts, but on the distorted bits feels muddy, noisy, and undefined. There are brass additions which I find a really cool idea, but they almost come out as a treble hiss more than a nice distinct instrument. Shame because the actual riffage is, of course, great. The other issue I take with this is construction a bit, as both 2 and 3 kind of die out without conclusion, and the EP outro, whilst being very cute and nice per se, feels also like a bit of a flat ending. Now on the good side, which is most of this: the softer bits are all lovely, and mess with my rhythmic brain in a delightful way. This is especially true of 1, whilst 2 and 3 are increasingly relaxed, the latter showing the latin guitar influences at play here most prominently. The soft bits in between the harder riffs in the first half of 4 are again excellent, and the track evolves midway in really cool ways. All in all excellent potential for a debut EP with a few dents that keep it at a soft 3.7
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| 3.5 great | ZrankFrappa | January 19th 13 |
It's really nice to hear something so original in regards to this genre, everything seemed really dead in terms of that "djent" sound, but this is a really fine album.
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| 4.0 excellent | drfrumz | January 14th 13 |
I have wanted to see what Mr. Reyes could do on his own for quite a while. With this disc he shows not only his speed factor, but his melodic take on this type of music. I love what I have heard, so far. Hopefully he comes out with a full length album soon.
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| 0.0 | J0ckstrapsFTW | December 3rd 12 |
Where the fuck can I listen to this? Shoutbox me a link or something
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| 4.0 excellent | Oobaloo | March 14th 21 |
| 2.5 average | GamamJ | October 25th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | digs795 | December 31st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nine | September 10th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | elch21 | June 9th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | gilly | January 26th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Henry | January 4th 17 |
| 3.5 great | voodman | September 7th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | BigH20 | September 30th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Bawub | March 28th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Pherin | September 1st 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sagax | April 25th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | nyshago | March 16th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | jmh886 | March 12th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | sora236 | February 18th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | dmp3131 | January 9th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Kronzo | December 6th 13 |
| 3.5 great | willzor | November 19th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Ulshad | July 3rd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lours | June 20th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mad. | March 18th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Thor | January 31st 13 |
| 3.5 great | leycec | January 24th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | xapz | January 8th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Echozs | January 1st 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Minus. | December 16th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | N2B3J | December 1st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Texture | December 1st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mitch S. | November 29th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Drawk | November 28th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Drpibb | November 28th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Shiduba | November 27th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Caelum | November 27th 12 |
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