![]() However, where the album’s eclectic taste truly takes the reigns is on tracks like “Siren’s Song,” “Kow Otani’s Castle in the Sky” or “Fractal Exam Sequence.” All of these powerhouse tracks combine a more “traditional” metal/deathcore sound with something new and quite unlike the band’s previous tracks. By the way the album flows gracefully from track to track, in and out of turbulent, violent storms, it could be a monstrous, juggernaut of a concept album (for all the listener knows). Other Slices flows superbly, regardless of the album’s content. False: It is, therefore, incoherent and half-assed. True: Other Slices is, more or less, a collection of B-Sides. The listener might be surprised, however, by the experience to be had throughout the album. While the re-recorded “Cleansed” and the powerhouse “False Illumination” provide stunning, crushing heaviness while “The Great Migration” is home to a soothing, palliative instrumental interlude unlike any other track on the album. The album is, if you had to liken it to something, an auditory horn of plenty. The most crucial and wonderful aspect of Other Slices is, without a doubt, the veritable cornucopia of variety to be found within it. Composed of songs which didn’t fit on their other 2012 release (and album-of-the-year heavyweight) The Man With No Face, Other Slices is a dynamic, diverse record with heavy, ferocious breakdowns, jarring slams and some oddly relaxed and hypermelodic oddballs, Other Slices is more evidence that variety not just the spice of life, but the spice that deathcore needed. Other Slices, by baked goods-inspired progressive deathcore act Slice the Cake, is one of those albums. Naturally, these albums are–you guessed it–jaw dropping. I’m speaking, of course, about the bands which habitually wait until the waining days of the year to release an album, just after top-10/20/100 lists have been finalized (or so you thought) by reviewers across the globe. ![]() It’s so regular, you can practically rely on it happening every year–you could set your watch to it, so to speak. ![]()
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