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Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name5.0 classicDog Fashion Disco Sweet NothingsThe internet says that the golden age of metal was the 80s. What then is the mid 90s-00s? Opeth and Meshuggah created genres of their own. Mastodon, Clutch, Isis, Enslaved, Pig Destroyer, and High on Fire spewed forth album after album of familiar sounds with new vigor. Then... Disagree if you will, but it ain't the same. Never before have so many bands had as much exposure and offered so much B- material. Nothing to sneer at, yet devoid of artistic expression. Obzen was the last album that broke ground. De Vermiis and Earth Rocker were the last albums that made the old feel new. Except for this album. After reaching a pinnacle on Adultery, DFD broke up seemingly due to exhaustion of the underground. Then, years later, as crowdfunding was in its ascendance, this album debuted to a popcorn fart. Sweet Nothings is a reverie from a band after the sheen of the scene wore thin. First, this is a metal album. It's dark as *** and the foundation is riffing and heavy drumming. The hole card is the boundless genre hopping. Billy Joel, Slayer, Deftones, Queen, Green Day, PFunk, Alice in Chains, Dillinger Escape Plan, and the Braveheart soundtrack appear as influence or inspiration. All of this is punctuated with circus keys, jazz, and death metal. It would be derivative if it wasn't blended so tastefully. Consider DFD the Ween of metal, but this album is as cohesive as the Mollusk if not more. Devin Townsend and Frank Zappa would drool for this. The band couldn't imagine mainstream acceptance with this stew, but to ignore this album's place in the pantheon of the era is a missed opportunity.
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