 | Orchid Chaos is Me
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| 3.0 good | zaruyache | August 25th 17 |
screamo power violence blast beats rage! I don't like the old school production values or else I'd have this rated way higher. Vicious punkkkk.
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| 4.5 superb | Alabaster Jones | January 12th 16 |
Orchid were absolute masters of their craft and continue to have a legendary status in the screamo genre. They played with such passion and intensity, with a speed that made their music dangerously close to powerviolence. A very aptly-titled debut full-length, Chaos Is Me is chock full of just that. It's hard to put it layman's terms how chaotic and violent this album is, always writhing and flailing with rage. Just take "The Action Index" for example. The beginning seconds are a blast of frenetic noise, which is immediately killed when a singular, tense bassline comes through, only lasting about fifteen seconds before a guitar accompanies it. Then the pace builds rapidly until it reaches "Death Of A Modernist", when the pace matches the beginning seconds of the previous song. It's this vehement songwriting that made Orchid a massively influential band in screamo, and what makes Chaos Is Me an absolutely essential listen for all fans of the genre, and fans of heavily passionate and angry music in general.
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| 4.0 excellent | fatalgerm | May 2nd 13 |
A fusion mix of emo, screamo, powerviolence, and grindcore, Orchid crafted a unique sound from the extreme subgenres they liked, and made one blisteringly intense hardcore album. Recommended for those into bands such as Heroin, City of Caterpillar, Pg. 99, and Circle Takes the Square.
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| 3.0 good | doofy | January 9th 24 |
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