The Identity Matrix

Artist: Iron Maiden

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Album Title: Somewhere In Time

Genre: Heavy Metal

Year of Release: 1986

Track Listing:

Caught Somewhere in Time: 10/10
Wasted Years: 10/10
Sea of Madness: 9/10
Heaven Can Wait: 9/10
The Lonliness of the Long Distance Runner: 10/10
Stranger in a Strange Land: 10/10
Déjà Vu: 9/10
Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C): 10/10

Final Score: 9.6/10

Pros:
Fantastic songwriting, fantastic vocals, fantastic guitar work, NOT A DULL MOMENT TH, NOT ONE!

Cons:
lyrics can be a weak point on a few tracks

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/4ly2BmT61LBYVFBNGXOj3n

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The Identity Matrix

Artist: Gigan

Country of Origin: United States

Album Title: Multi-Dimensional Fractal-Sorcery and Super Science

Genre: Death Metal (Technical/Progressive)

Year of Release: 2013

Track Listing:

Beneath the Sea of Tranquility: 6/10
Influence Through Ritualistic Projection: 6/10
Electro-Stimulated Hallucinatory Response: 6/10
Mother of Toads: 6/10
Obsidian Sun: 6/10
Cosmic Triangular Communications: 6/10
Gibbering Hordes of Zemiath: 6/10
Bio-Engineered Molecular Abnormalities: 6/10

Final Score: 6/10

Pros:
Interesting aesthetic, technically proficient

Cons:
While I dig the instrumentation the production really feels lifeless on the record

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/7ARmfMJ3Z86iI6eVcBrqF7

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"I'm not a prophet or a stone aged man, just a mortal with potential of a superman. I'm living on." - David Bowie

The Identity Matrix

Artist: Lightning Bolt

Country of Origin: United States

Album Title: Wonderful Rainbow

Genre: Noise Rock

Year of Release: 2003

Track Listing:

Hello Morning: 7/10
Assassins: 8/10
Dracula Mountain: 8/10
2 Towers: 9/10
On Fire: 8/10
Crown of Storms: 9/10
Longstockings: 8/10
Wonderful Rainbow: 9/10
30,000 Monkies: 9/10
Duel in the Deep: 9/10

Final Score: 8.4/10

Pros:
Noisy, energetic, love the instrumentation

Cons:
Some tracks lack an identity

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/0cGaQUOlAm0smFXWUB8KIL

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Exo

Ride the Skies by Lightning Bolt is still their best album in my opinion. They're still on the top of my list of bands I still have to see live. I've been trying since high school.

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The Identity Matrix

I really enjoy that record as well. Wonderful Rainbow, Ride the Skies, and Fantasy Empire are the only albums I have listened to by them though. Love the track Dream Genie from Fantasy Empire.

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The Identity Matrix

Artist: John Frum

Country of Origin: United States

Album Title: A Stirring in the Noos

Genre: Death Metal

Year of Release: 2017

Track Listing:

Presage of Emptiness: 7/10
Pining Light: 8/10
Memory Palace: 8/10
Through Sand and Spirit: 7/10
Lacustrine Divination: 8/10
He Come: 8/10
Assumption of Form: 8/10
Wasting Subtle Body: 9/10

Final Score: 7.9/10

Pros:
Interesting instrumentation, solid vocals, decent production

Cons:
Can feel a little bland at times

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/5bUrDMjsjOSLJI5OZCy7oR

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The Identity Matrix

Artist: Full of Hell

Country of Origin: United States

Album Title: Trumpeting Ecstasy

Genre: Grindcore

Year of Release: 2017

Track Listing:

Deluminate: 7/10
Branches of Yew: 6/10
Bound Sphinx: 8/10
The Cosmic Vein: 8/10
Digital Prison: 7/10
Crawling Back to God: 8/10
Flawed Quartz: 7/10
Gnawed Flesh: 8/10
Ash Mesh: 8/10
Trumpeting Ecstasy: 9/10
At the Cauldron's Bottom: 6/10

Final Score: 7.5/10

Pros:
Hits hard and quick, agile production mixed with heavy instrumentation

Cons:
Some tracks drag their feet, doesn't start or finish well

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/1CICQQAxvXbayxDF5jJETJ

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Enter the Domain - The Identity Matrix Domain

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The Identity Matrix

Artist: Converge

Country of Origin: United States

Album Title: Jane Doe

Genre: Metalcore

Year of Release: 2001

Track Listing:

Concubine: 9/10
Fault and Fracture: 9/10
Distance and Meaning: 8/10
Hell to Pay: 9/10
Homewrecker: 9/10
The Broken Vow: 9/10
Bitter and Then Some: 9/10
Heaven In Her Arms: 9/10
Phoenix in Flight: 9/10
Phoenix in Flames: 9/10
Thaw: 9/10
Jane Doe: 10/10

Final Score: 8.9/10

Pros:
Full of emotive vocals and heavy instrumentation, Excellent composition.

Cons:
Some songs sound a little too similar.

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/2gtM4m6sglJDrX3toJWZO6

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Ol’ Qwerty Bastard

all we love we leave behind rivals Jane Doe in terms of pure bad assery. just in more of a post-hardcore direction instead.

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Converge is SUCH a great album.