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Wreckage of the Modern City- "Singularity"

Reviewed by: Jason Carzon
Genre: Prog Rock
Country: USA
Language: English
Length: NA
Release Date: October 26, 2005
Label:
Neotone Records Inc.
Band Members: Dustin Oliverson -Drums, Percussion Lemon-Vocals
  Mark Schultz -Guitars Thom Ancell -Keyboards, Bass, Programming
 
Track Listing: 1.)-Bold Era 8.)-Systematic Malfunction
  2.)- Greek Thing 9.)- Thankless
  3.)- Hurt 10.)-Tigerbone
  4.)- Inside  
  5.)- Mindtrap  
  6.)- Piece  
  7.)-Restless  
     
The Review

This Iowa-based outfit blends modern rock, nu-metal and industrial with a prog-rock coating, offering a unique and powerful soundscape which is often groove-oriented and aggressive/metal without being actually too heavy in the expected way. Anything slightly 'prog-metal' seems to always be compared to the most obvious or popular of the genre- Dream Theatre or Queensryche and the like. There's actually little of that here, instead WOTMC offer up some dark textures closer to TOOL. Fans of A PERFECT CIRCLE, GODSMACK and the like will like this disc as well as the RUSH enthusiasts and anyone who may have given the Blaze Bayley-era MAIDEN a chance.***

The lead vocalist is known as "LEMON" and has an alt-rock delivery, and the guitars are used for textures and nuances as well as the usual guitar-thing. Keyboards and sound effects are used for texture and add a strong industrial dimension- dark and angular yet not overwhelming, involved and progressive yet accessible and not hard to digest at all. The music is actually uncluttered and sparse in places yet holds enough elements for depth, and the disc is rather short- just enough good modern rock to fill you up for 40+ minutes and then leaves town.***

the tracks include: BOLD ERA: a computer-like synth pattern pulses underneath a prime slab of modern rock which opens the disc. This is the obvious album opener which serves as a calling card to those prepared to listen to the disc, and a strong track too.***

GREEK THING: Flamenco-style guitar patterns weave around a modern rock groove. The results are this odd Rush meets Faith No More sound with a brief 'rap-metal' section. Nice guitar playing too. ***

HURT: heavy grunge-laden track which would go somewhere if played on MTV. Could attract a larger following.***

INSIDE: dark and atmospheric track which brings the album back into more progressive waters.***

MINDTRAP: another heavy rock track with groovy guitars and just a light touch of keys sprinkled around for whatever reason they're sprinkled.***

PIECE: the shortest track on the album(just over 2 minutes) rocks hard with some more aggressive bite to both the guitars and the vocals.***

RESTLESS: same goes for this one in the guitar and vocal department, and there is a slight KILLING JOKE brutality in the vocals in places. Some abrasive synths finally come up from the textures to let you know they mean business as well, and yes-there is a 'traditional' guitar solo too.***

SYSTEMATIC MALFUNCTION: atmospheric track closer to a PERFECT CIRCLE sound again with probing bassline and sparse arrangement, minimalistic guitar and pained vocals.***

THANKLESS: kind of like a heavier KINO here. Nothing unusual- every record's gotta have some sort of 'least stand-out' track, though decent chorus.***

TIGERBONE: the longest track here(7+ minutes) is the most involved, and evokes RUSH in places(if you can imagine a HEMISPHERES/COUNTERPARTS hybrid). Drumming is swinging as usual but gets a little more crafty, and synths come out to play again. All of WOTMC's sounds come out all in this one track, going through some groove elements, PETER GABRIEL-esque middle section and some wicked instrumentation. Perhaps next time out, Wreckage Of The Modern City should indulge in some more longer pieces, because this one works well.***

WRECKAGE OF THE MODERN CITY are a decent band and SINGULARITY a decent album - both of which hopefully could see wider success.***

 

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