Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works - Limited Blue Vinyl LP

After 'Miss Machine', Dillinger Escape Plan fans were divided. Many of the folks who were attached to the screaming mathematical metal of 'Calculating Infinity' bailed on the band, disapproving of the experimental musical direction and the meathead appearance of new singer/screamer Greg Puciato.

Open-minded listeners were excited about the progressive journey they were taking and many critics hailed the group as a true innovator of metalcore. 'Ire Works' succeeds in many of the same ways that their previous album did, while branching out creatively. They continue to toy with technical metal, blistering hardcore, jazz breaks, and post-punk, but here they evolve again by adding more twists and turns with additional electronic elements. While the merging of too many styles in hardcore can make for a convoluted result (see Avenged Sevenfold's self-titled release), the added instruments and genre changeups enhance the result rather than acting as ornamental distractions.