If the sixth and self-professed final album from The Dillinger Escape Plan is indeed the end of the road for the influential mathcore/metal group, there's no doubt that they're going out on a high note. Their trademark frenzy is in full effect on
Dissociation, while the tracklist is peppered with the sudden detours and out-of-nowhere genre experiments that have endeared the band to so many open-minded fans of their extreme excellence. This record is the sound of an incredible and diverse band emptying the tank, exploring every stray idea if only for a handful of seconds. They've never been for everybody, and there are few concessions to conventional wisdom here (
Symptom of Terminal Illness and the closing title track are the closest they come to "accessible", and even they would never be considered as anything approaching mainstream). With
Dissociation, DEP go out as frantic and gloriously against the grain as they came; it's a dizzying, combustible, shape shifting record that firmly solidifies their place as hard music vanguards. They will be sorely missed.
October 14, 2016 • Party Smasher Inc.
Highlights
Symptom of Terminal Illness • Wanting Not So Much To As To • Nothing To Forget
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