Album Rating: 5.0

I have to agree with Fast Fingers on this one. The album is simply amazing. I just have to listen to the extremely technical guitar licks along with the awesome arrangement and I am blown away. It is such a shame to see all these other people putting the band down without listening to them once. All you Coheed and Cambria listeners, this music is NOT FOR YOU...just go away.

Album Rating: 5.0

This is not the place to trash another band. I am a fan of Coheed and many other bands that you may not be but we don't discuss it here. We discuss Psyopus and more specifically, Ideas of Reference.

There's no doubt that the review was well written and Benny made his point clear. However, I totally disagree with him. It's a matter of different taste I suppose. I do enjoy disgustingly technical metal - the listening experience is quite relaxing to me for some reason - and PsyOpus and I do find them much more coherent and memorable than stated in the review. The only thing I dont like is the screaming vocals. They get rather annoying and I would prefer growling but oh well...:p

Album Rating: 5.0

Has anyone else noticed that the bassist is equally amazing as Chris Arp, guitarist extrodinaire? He often doubles the guitar lines which cannot be easy by any means on bass.

Album Rating: 3.5

Yes, I noticed a long long time ago

Album Rating: 3.0

yeahhhhhhhhh baby

whats with the haters?

You wrote the review well dude, but PsyOpus is actually fu[cking great and I don't understand really how you can find this to be noise as you seem to feel it is.

Oh and Dfelon nice own. :thumb:This Message Edited On 01.27.06

Album Rating: 3.5

I want to see them live, ASAP.



Oh and your review, EH. not my favorite that I've read on this site.This Message Edited On 01.30.06

I disagree on almost all points. There are quite a lot of melodies (The bass/guitar coordination in "Mork And Mindy" has a definitive melody, and there are plenty of parts in other songs that do the same sort of thing... most of them are built around centralized scales); there are plenty of song structures... hell, some songs are built around specific structures-- read the lyrics to "Mirrorrim" while listening or pay close attention to the way the riffs in "White Light" and "Fourth Dimension" relate to each other and you'll see what I mean; and there are plenty of solos... the ones in "Bones To Dust" and "Death, I" jump immediately to mind.

But then again, I kind of surmised that you didn't at all "get" the album. And I really don't understand any metal fan who thinks that metal albums need solos to be any good.

I'm listening to it right now, and I have to say I like this album a ton. Though it is quite random, you're not supposed to "totally get it" the first listen. It's an album that I feel you have to work to like.

Yeah, I can see how some people hate "working" to like an album. But it's pretty awesome when you do "get" this album. It's insanely good (like you said) on a technical level, and on a "song writing" level.

I don't like the vocals that much, but they definitely aren't bad.

Album Rating: 4.0

This cd amazes me with its technicality, but that's not the only reason I bought it. After a few listens I was familiarised with how the songs went, and started to find them pretty catchy, but not the kind of thing i'd sing along to, I mean certain parts would repeat in my head afterwards.



So I don't think it's as hard to understand as people make it out to be, perhaps it just needs a few more listens. But I suppose it differs for everyone.

Preschool Tea Party Massacre is the only grind band for me.

Album Rating: 3.0

These guys are amazing IMO. Death, I... and The White Light are my favorites and their drummer is insane. He can pull of 254 bpm.

Album Rating: 5.0

what about 254 bpm? I honestly cannot stand when people use that mode of thinking while analyzing a drummers ability because it says so little. Pay attention to the parts this guy actually plays and try to figure out the coordination, that is infinetly more impressive than a random comment on 254 bpm. You didn't even specify if that was his hands or feet, or what note value that was. I can play whole notes at 254 bpm in 4/4 with my feet, impressed?

Album Rating: 1.5

I agree with Shadows Fall. This can't be called music anymore...

i absolutely love PsyOpus to bits!! they blow my mind!! who cares if its all technical wankage, it sounds fuckin amazing to me!! they are pushing boundaries, doing something like no other band, which IMO is how music should be. yeh they do get a little manic at times but its all fun and they arent just following what people want to hear, they are playing the music THEY WANT TO PLAY which is also what its all about, expression.

5/5 100% 10/10 100/100

I bought this CD yesterday. I thought "Wow, this is pretty busy stuff" It wasnt mindblowing, almost anyone can take a few odd notes, sweep pick them,tap them, play start stop riffs. The parts that caught my ears were the clean parts, I just had to chuckle at it.

All in all, Not the greatest band, I agree with ShadowsFallen. Its good for a couple listens though.

Album Rating: 1.5

Hmm, lately I've been digging them some more. I'm thinking of highering my rating.



One small question. I watched the discussion one page back, and the thing that comes up to mind is "what is a melody". And more specific, what's the borderline where melody can be called melody.

Album Rating: 3.0

I treat melody as any horizontal pitched musical movement. Just because it's not employing expected western scales or may be buried under other melodies, doesn't mean it's not a melody. Apparently a lot of people don't agree.

I think you were way to harsh on this album, its fun to listen to. Though some songs tend to sound a little repetitive, For the most part I feel that they are still fairly well arranged.

Also you talk about not being able to hear the bass player. On any half way decent set of speakers you can here him just fine. He tears it up matching the guitarist note for note sometimes. The drummer is sick as well. The singer is awful about 90% of the time though.

But to each his own. It was an enjoyable review.This Message Edited On 01.09.07