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Originally Posted by Chula Vista
Does sound Meshuggah. Not watered down though IMO.
Hey, to each his own. That's the beauty of having 72,456 genres of metal.
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I say that because they're clearly influenced by Meshuggah, but Meshuggah's whole plan is to create as crushing and robotic a sound as possible, intentionally cutting out as much melody as possible, and all those free-flying solos get in the way of that by pushing the core sound into the background. It just sounded like the band wanted to have their cake (Meshuggah-esque brutality) and eat it too (play their self-indulgent solos). If that's your thing, then great, but to me Animals as Leaders were just adding pointless touches to a sound that didn't need it.