Djent and more djent from impressive but stylistically limited tech metaller.
Canadian multi-instrumentalist and former ONI guitarist Martin Andres - aka Pomegranate Tiger - returns with his first new album in eight years. All Input Is Error picks up where he left off with 2015’s Boundless. Aided by second guitarist and co-producer Matt Shaheen, Andres delivers one pummelling onslaught after another.
Andres has a proclivity for locking drums, bass and guitar together to form one giant percussive machine, epitomised by The Cryptographer and Poison Pen. The sound is punchy, although the absence of any melodies often leaves the songs feeling robotic. Perhaps that’s the intent, with Andres seeking to explore the interaction between humans and technology, but the album is most interesting when he lets the music breathe. When melodies…
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