Now I have a problem with most deathcore music (or anything core for that matter). Generic "chugging" on the guitar with lack of imaginitive riffs, overdone and unoriginal breakdowns, silly, inane lyrics, excessively hipster or whetto ghettos all so "BR00TALZ" (see Emmure here:)http://www.sweetslyrics.com/images/img_gal/3671_Emmure.jpg

but that all changed with the full-length release of The Contortionist's Exoplanet. I guess you could call it adroit prog-deathcore with a hankering for some beautiful melodies in each song. Jazzy and technical, whatever you call it, no words can compare to the feeling of a climax in musical sense; competent vocals, extremely skilled guitarists, and strong, precise drumming that is surprisingly moving. Their earlier lyrical themes, while were excellent in diction still made me gloss them over and bored me, what with subject matter being typical gloomy with a slight 'emo' tinge... nonetheless, they were average. But now their lyrics are now geared toward a more science-oriented theme, dealing with space, cosmology, astronomy and the like. And who doesn't like stuff about space? :P

With lyrical concept matter dealing with the human race selfishly taking over other worlds, ever since the greedy trashing and raping our own, and through our own ignorance and miscalculations, fail in creating another haven for humanity, thus the human race fails to exist ever more in the universe we so take for granted...alas, we reap what we sow. As misanthropic and melancholic as it is, I will not take for granted the vision The Contorionist had in mind.

Many have stated the future of metal is going somewhere between BTBAM and alternative metal.... I disagree, the future of metal is going somewhere between The Contortionist and progressive metal.