Sisthema - The Fourth Discontinuity (2001)

Artist : Sisthema
Country : Italy
Release : The Fourth Discontinuity
Year : 2001
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320

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In fact, I applaud what Sisthema has done here. It takes a mighty musician to be able to play the complex rhythms that are layed forth on this album, and what's here is played rather well. And, ok, they don't sound EXACTLY like Meshuggah. They've got their own thing going on here. The problem is, what's here does not match the quality of what has influenced them.
It seems to me that the members of this band set out to compose the heaviest music they could muster, with complete disregard for musical quality (aside from previously mentioned rhythmic complexity, which seems more like a tool used to create insanity rather than style). The vocals are whiny and very annoying until you adjust to them, and the lyrics are laughably bad. The guitar riffs are often pretty good, albeit simple, and always, always, always loud. The drummer gets a tough job done well; sometimes his playing behind all that electricity is the only thing making the song. But together, it just sounds like one big mess.