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Armageddon Theories

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Tons of time changes, seldom repeated riffs, and manages to convey the dark melodic feel one would expect from a swedish death metal band. The vocals are a raspy mix of death and black metal. Reminds me of the Cynic's last demo before they started doing robot vocals, but even more chaotic. Sometimes in the same league as Dillinger Escape Plan but melody is never sacrificed. Sheer musical virtuosity.

I recently bought this cd and it has very quickly become easily one of my favorite cds ever. Theory in Practice is the single most progressive band on the face of the planet. its that simple. I find myself listening to the cd and wondering how even one person can stay in the time that they do, let alone three. they also have the fastest and most ridiculous drumming ever. the music, although extremely phyically challenging to the band members must be even more mentally challenging. To know exactly where to go at every point in the songs is quite an accomplishment to say the very least. if you can appreciate heavy and extremely progressive music, buy this cd, its more than worth it.

I had purchased their first LP, "Third Eye Function" and it was technically impressive, as I had read in several reviews, but it didn't really grab me like "Armageddon Theories." This album is amazing and I've heard an extremely broad range of bands in this genre. Theory in Practice are extremely technical, but this only adds dynamics of pure interest. I felt their first LP was just too disjointed, but this LP feels just right. Their last song, "Embodied For War" is worth the price of this CD alone. My favorite death metal song in the last few years.

I loved their first album "Third Eye Function"-- it's raw technicality, acoustic guitar passages, and sheer brutality were very original, I thought. All of these things are compromised or absent on this album. For some reason, the band disapproved of the production on "Third Eye," which I thought worked very well, and so the slick sound on this one is the result. This is an unfortunate development-- the bass is essentially inaudible (an unforgiveable crime in my books), and the drums have this annoying hollow sound to them. Overall, the sound is very thin. And the music is just non-stop frenzied guitar theatrics--amazing playing, for sure, but not what I would call really successful music. There's so much material jammed in there, that you don't have time to really listen to any of it. I have a feeling that their old singer/guitarist, who left the band after "Third Eye," was the one with the real ear for music. This one was a huge disappointment for me-- it's release was delayed for ages, and when it finally came out I ordered it direct from Singapore (it originally came out on a different label, with different artwork), only to find that I didn't even like it very much.

THis album is not for the weak hearted. It may appeal to Cynic, Atheist, Meshuggah fans. Its death metal with that melodic sweeden sound and more technical than the ear can hear.

This album is brilliant and flawless.