Style: Progressive metal
Primary Emotions/Themes: One of the most diverse yet consistent releases within the progressive metal genre
Thoughts: A powerful riff opens the album, complete with double bass drums and a keyboard backing. It's a wall of sound approach that smacks me in the face almost every time. Without hesitation Used shifts over to a near Korn sounding verse, complete with rapping and strange pinch harmonics. The alternative metal comparisons continue into the bridge where start stop riffing takes over from the nu metal... and then the chorus happens.
Layer upon layer of soaring vocals, angelic keyboards, clean guitars, jazzy drums... it's almost like its a different song. We went from Korn to Queensryche in 2 seconds flat. It's not a different song though, it's still the same one. This is Pain of Salvation on The Perfect Element.
The first track is a great introduction to what the listener can expect during the duration of the album. Crazy transitions that somehow work, insane musicianship, a vocal range that seems nearly impossible for a human to hit (there were talks a while back that Daniel was a counter tenor). The album is a tour de force of technical and artistic prowess. One of the single best albums to ever come out of the progressive genre.
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