Search - Theory in Practice :: Armageddon Theories

Insane polyrhythmic frenetic destruction

12/23/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Tons of time changes, seldom repeated riffs, and manages to convey the dark melodic feel one would expect from a swedish death metal band. The vocals are a raspy mix of death and black metal. Reminds me of the Cynic's last demo before they started doing robot vocals, but even more chaotic. Sometimes in the same league as Dillinger Escape Plan but melody is never sacrificed. Sheer musical virtuosity."

Phenomenal, Exhilarating, Superfluous

Phillip Simonis | Orange County | 07/23/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I had purchased their first LP, "Third Eye Function" and it was technically impressive, as I had read in several reviews, but it didn't really grab me like "Armageddon Theories." This album is amazing and I've heard an extremely broad range of bands in this genre. Theory in Practice are extremely technical, but this only adds dynamics of pure interest. I felt their first LP was just too disjointed, but this LP feels just right. Their last song, "Embodied For War" is worth the price of this CD alone. My favorite death metal song in the last few years."

Amazing playing, but not much else

phobos | Berkeley, CA United States | 01/21/2004

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I loved their first album "Third Eye Function"-- it's raw technicality, acoustic guitar passages, and sheer brutality were very original, I thought. All of these things are compromised or absent on this album. For some reason, the band disapproved of the production on "Third Eye," which I thought worked very well, and so the slick sound on this one is the result. This is an unfortunate development-- the bass is essentially inaudible (an unforgiveable crime in my books), and the drums have this annoying hollow sound to them. Overall, the sound is very thin. And the music is just non-stop frenzied guitar theatrics--amazing playing, for sure, but not what I would call really successful music. There's so much material jammed in there, that you don't have time to really listen to any of it. I have a feeling that their old singer/guitarist, who left the band after "Third Eye," was the one with the real ear for music. This one was a huge disappointment for me-- it's release was delayed for ages, and when it finally came out I ordered it direct from Singapore (it originally came out on a different label, with different artwork), only to find that I didn't even like it very much."