New Levels New Devils
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CRITIC REVIEWS
90
Polyphia have hit a new high on New Levels New Devils. They’ve developed a style that’s as intense as it is fresh, something you could use to tempt the pop fans in your life down the dirty road that leads to heavier things.
80
Polyphia comes through with a tight and versatile modern math rock album.
80
New Levels New Devils might not be considered a full-on metal release, but if you’re a fan of The Most Hated, you’ll probably go apeshit over New Levels New Devils ... New Levels New Devils is catchy and fun to listen to.
MickyT and Phillip present...
THE ALBUM SWAP, SEASON ONE:
Episode One: Proggers Based Math Rock
Oh, what's this now? A new review series? Well I'll be damned. So yeah, welcome to the first episode of a new review series where me and fellow AOTY user Phillip (a.k.a Mick's Son) give each other an album to review on our pages. For the first episode Phillip has given me 'New Levels New Devils', the 3rd and latest studio album from the Texas Math Rock band, Polyphia. Phillip mentioned this album to ... read more
Polyphia plays a very technical type of rock music with complex rhythms that people would usually caller math rock; a genre which I am quite familiar with. I like the bands that made up the genre's roots like Slint, groups who fused it with emo, like American Football, and 2000s bands like Battles. Math rock was very healthy in the 2010s with mathematical prog metal bands like Chon and Animals as Leaders, alongside millennial YouTube guitarists like Ichika Nito. Honestly though, I have no ... read more
EDIT: gave it a relisten. definitely upped the rating. its a sick album
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instrumental bands dont really catch my attention because i get bored easy even though im supposed to "appreciate the music" but new levels new devils was pretty good.
fun stuff you know? but for some reason i dont catch this dubstep influence. either that or i just dont remember it.
anyways, a pretty sick album. need to give it more listens and see if it grows on me.
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edit: yeah nevermind, reheard the other ... read more
A friend of mine told me to listen to this album like half a year ago (he also told me to listen to Will Of The People so take that as you will) and i relistend to it now to score it and even though this is not my style of music at all i find the Instrumentation here super impressive espacially on the intro song Nasty, this is not an album i would come back to a lot but it's a really solid album that i would recommend to a Rock/Metal fan because it seems like something that that demographic ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Nasty 4:40 feat. Jason Richardson | 92 |
| 2 | O.D. 3:22 | 95 |
| 3 | Death Note 3:40 feat. Ichika Nito | 85 |
| 4 | Bad 3:55 | 85 |
| 5 | Drown 3:54 feat. Mateus Asato | 81 |
| 6 | Saucy 3:04 | 91 |
| 7 | Yas 3:22 feat. Mario Camarena, Erick Hansel | 87 |
| 8 | So Strange 4:00 feat. Cuco | 87 |
| 9 | Rich Kids 3:21 feat. Yvette Young | 85 |
| 10 | G.O.A.T. 3:35 | 96 |
Total Length: 36 minutes
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1y
Ok, I'm half-way through GOAT and I haven't listened to anything else on the album, is this whole band really just easy-listening guitar wankery?
Added on: October 10, 2018