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Title: Better Than Most
Review: It's very easy to dismiss DFD as just another band waving the bungle influence tag - and even on a listen, they are admittedly very much 'heavy Mr. Bungle', but I think they have really hit the nail on the hammer with this album, they have created something very important in the heavy rock (even nu-metal) scene, and that's this - a very interesting, heavy record. It's loaded with genre shifts, catchy riffs, keyboard couter-melodies (reminds me on what would be "heavy Doors"), loads of time signature changes (something I love), vocals switching between strong, controlled and melodic to an immense roar - all very Patton, although sometimes too Patton, but it doesn't bother as much as most nu-metal Patton wannabes; dark but colourful lyrics: and the whole thing mounts up to an amazing atmosphere that has you hooked, there's not a dud song on the album.
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