The creative crew called Dreamstate
Emergency have released their new LP, titled, “Oneirophobia.”
The album is comprised of nine original tracks for a running total of
half an hour. A brutal, shocking, stabbing record with all the
ferocity and viciousness that speed and death metal have been aiming
to achieve for more than thirty years, “Oneirophobia” is all that
is horrifyingly wrong with the world, wrapped up in a set list that
will chill bones, grip hearts, and strip the paint off of household
appliances at appropriately high volumes.
This being roundly and explicitly
understood, “Oneirophobia” is a
work of great artistic integrity, vivid color, and genius-level
composition. It is metal for the thinking man. Perhaps best
categorized as experimental metal more than anything else, it
belongs next to Neurosis in the audiophile's cherished record
collection. Like Neurosis, Dreamstate Emergency is not afraid of
digital instrumentation and effects that are often frightening to the
core. The careful listener will hear air-raid sirens, faraway shell
explosions, and much, much more. Additionally, they boast vocals that
shriek and howl, scream and tear in ways Metallica's James Hetfield
has always wished he could pull off.
Dreamstate Emergency's drums pound in
tribal, occult patterns that evoke visions of bonfires, chants, and
black hoods. Their guitars are like an ocean of orchestrated noise, a
chorus of demonic sirens' calls from deep beneath the earth. The
brilliance of their guitar playing is perhaps best exemplified in
their track, “Out of Body Experience.” The listener who can hear
the song through to its end without the hairs on his forearms
standing up has no soul. Their songwriting is masterful and tasteful,
often surprisingly, almost impossibly precise. Their decision to
leave “The Awakening” in all its beautiful simplicity at barely
over a minute long shows an understanding of musical principles most
artists never garner in decades of writing and performing.
All in all, “Oneirophobia”
is likely the best metal album of 2013 so far, and may hold this
title through to next year. No metal fan should do without it, and
music fans in general would do well to get over any phobias of their
own and visit this dark, scary place called Dreamstate Emergency.
“Oneirophobia”
by Dreamstate Emergency is available online worldwide.
-S. McCauley
Staff Press Release Writer
MondoTunes
The LP “Dreamstate Emergency”
is distributed globally by MondoTunes (www.MondoTunes.com)
and is available at iTunes for convenient purchase and download
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ARTIST CONTACT INFO:
eMail –
dreamstateemergencyband@gmail.com
website –
http://dreamstateemergency.com
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