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The Dillinger Escape Plan played at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney on Saturday, August 16th. David James Young reviews.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s safe to say the elevator pitch on Ho99o9 (say it \u201chorror\u201d) isn\u2019t particularly enticing to more discerning listeners. From the leet-speak bandname to the dreaded horrorcore tag, the New Jersey duo \u2013 at least on paper \u2013 come across less Coachella and Glastonbury and more Gathering Of The Juggalos. Upon arriving on the Enmore Theatre stage, they\u2019re met with smatterings of applause but mostly sceptical onlookers and rows of crossed arms. So, how does one circumnavigate such cynicism? Put bluntly, you need to be undeniable.<\/p>\n That\u2019s the plan of attack for the ensuing 40 minutes \u2013 and that\u2019s not a figure of speech. With strobe lighting that could take an eye out and sub-bass that rattles the skull, Ho99o9 make it their business to ensure they\u2019re in the heads of every early arrival. Duelling MCs theOGM and Yeti Bones prowl the theatre stage like it\u2019s their own, spitting rapidfire verses with a thoroughly-aggressive bent.<\/p>\n The beats backing them are heavy<\/em>, too \u2013 in a genuine sense, not in a Joker-circa-Suicide Squad<\/em> way that other punk-rap delivers. It\u2019s all blaring industrial synth and churning guitars, promptly pummelled into your ears by live drummer Billy Rymer (more on him later). It\u2019s still unquestionably an acquired taste, and it\u2019s unlikely they\u2019ve scored a 100% approval rating in the room with this abrasive, unapolagetic approach. Still, they\u2019ve proven why they belong on this stage, and full credit to them for going straight for the jugular. A group with less chutzpah would have flinched.<\/p>\n In a blaze of swung guitars, battered bodies and countless stagedives, The Dillinger Escape Plan<\/a> took what was believed to be their final bow in 2017, following a sold-out world tour<\/a> and a career-spanning finale in New York City. Imagine the surprise some six years later, then, when the band was resurrected<\/a> by founding guitarist Ben Weinman to commemorate a quarter-century since the release of their debut album, Calculating Infinity<\/em>. Along for the ride was original vocalist Dimitri Minakakis, as well as alumni from the band\u2019s 20-year history in bassist Liam Wilson, guitarist James Love and the aforementioned Billy Rymer back on the kit.<\/p>\n With the ensuing reunion has come a sharply-focused exercise in metalcore nostalgia, reflecting solely on Dillinger\u2019s first five years and nothing else \u2013 giving them roughly an hour of material to work with. One might feel shortchanged from the outset on that accord \u2013 after all, at $110 a ticket, that equates to roughly $1.83 a minute or nearly seven dollars per song. At the very least, though, if tonight\u2019s show proves anything, it\u2019s that Weinman and co. are not, to borrow an Australian phrase, pulling a John Farnham \u2013 ie. saying it\u2019s the last time, and then going out again just because. They\u2019re here to ensure you get your money\u2019s worth, which is clear from the jump \u2013 and, again, that\u2019s not a figure of speech.<\/p>\n Both Weinman and Minakakis leap straight into action, tearing into \u2018Desto\u2019s Secret\u2019 and riling up the front-row devotees with plenty of barricade action. As the album unfurls, albeit out of order, you\u2019re given a timely reminder of how influential it has been on so many left-of-centre metal bands in the ensuing decades. The rush of \u2018Sugar Coated Sour\u2019 still makes you want to walk on heads like it\u2019s the Virgin Megastore<\/a>, while the title track is as close to an arse-shaker as mathcore tends to get. It\u2019s as artful as it is abrasive, and that impact still lands throughout the hour of power \u2013 even when poor mixing and technical difficulties threaten to stomp a mudhole into proceedings entirely.<\/p>\n Minakakis, if we\u2019re giving an honest assessment, is not the fire-breathing, bag-shitting daredevil that Greg Puciato<\/a> was in his heyday. By that same token, however, any parallels drawn are unfair \u2013 these types of antics were never Minakakis\u2019 bag, pardon the pun. The most outlandish thing he does all night is do a lap of the audience during their infamous rendition of Aphex Twin<\/a>\u2018s \u2018Come To Daddy\u2019 \u2013 during which, hilariously, he boneheads a punter so transfixed with filming the stage on their phone that they don\u2019t even realise he\u2019s standing right in front of them. He\u2019s enjoying reliving this period of his life on-stage, and that\u2019s more than enough to get him across the line. Slow and steady wins the race, after all.<\/p>\n The night ends on \u201843% Burnt\u2019, which invariably has a 100% success rate at any Dillinger show past or present. It\u2019s one of the genre\u2019s truly canonic works; a wailing, unrelenting exercise in chaos that has always managed to sound like the first thing heavy metal would do if it took the pill from Limitless<\/em> and used all of its brain capacity at once. Minakakis once again ends up in the throes of the crowd, and Weinman pulls off a truly impressive leap directly from the stage into the jaws of the mosh as the breakdown comes back twice \u2013 both times even slower than before, ensuring no-one in the pit is safe. There\u2019s your $110 worth right there.<\/p>\n The Dillinger Escape Plan play the final show of their Australian tour tonight at The Tivoli in Brisbane. All remaining tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n Megadeth Announce Final Ever Album, Promise Farewell Tour<\/a><\/p>\n Love Letter To A Record: Rise Against On Fugazi\u2019s \u201913 Songs\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n Bloom Announce New Album \u2018The Light We Chase\u2019, Share \u2018Withered\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n The post The Dillinger Escape Plan Review: Sydney Embraces The Chaos In An Hour Of Power<\/a> appeared first on Music Feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Dillinger Escape Plan played at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney on Saturday, August 16th. David James Young reviews. It\u2019s safe to say the elevator pitch on Ho99o9 (say it \u201chorror\u201d) isn\u2019t particularly enticing to more discerning listeners. 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The Dillinger Escape Plan \u2013 Live at Brutal Assault<\/h2>\n
Further Reading<\/h4>\n