The Trancecore is back

Looking at the quality of the cover artwork CD + DVD version falls the dismissal of the head in front of the glossy matt background on. Looks very valuable. The squashed in Papptaschen CD + DVD are somewhat difficult to free and there is in such packages always the risk of tearing. Space-saving and crash resistant is something definitely.

The music I find on "The Mind Sweep" oriented as very clear and well produced, which means that there are transparent soundwriting at any time and get each part in the tracks very distinct spaces. So there is a clear separation of melodic, aggressive, tranceigen and other parts. The transitions are often initiated with small breaks and eg then underlaid with solo guitar or trance sounds. It is noteworthy that by clearly oriented approach Although multilayered songs arise (ie turns and change of topic within a song), but it is also disengaged the uncut Hardcore Feeling in the background. The extremely beautiful on "trimmed" harmony singing and the many trendy, partly rapped interludes reinforce the impression.
The part of "System of a Down" - reminiscent track "There's a price on your head" has to start in the wild-raw direction, but is also back fast. The Sceams in many other songs seem more commercialized than the way it was originally designed in the style of music.
The course also causes very clean production. Print full, transparent and somehow constructed affects the sound of the album. As so often, the mastering is a bit undynamic and smooth. A phenomenon of current productions. This has all the advantages and disadvantages. Beautiful, rich and clear choirs that bombastic orchestrations that punchy Chanting Parts and and and BUT: It all seems a bit smooth. I have not yet gotten used to it. Clarification: The Ur-Hardcore "Beatles" song "Helter Skelter" Although production technology of course ultra flabby unlike today's productions, but has an incredibly dirty and authentic charm. Something like that I miss in modern mastering.

Overall, Enter Shikari are on their latest album continues to be very consistent in the orientation of their personal taste trademark. The music is passionate, opulent and intense. The blending of electro beats, heavy guitars, scream singing, transition Shouts, vocal harmonies and rapped vocals gives the songs a fairly complex touch and the album as a whole works very complex for this kind of music.
The highly polished sound with some very jazzy melodies could irritate the "fans".
Total independent image also with respect to the discography of the band. A comparison: "Take to the Skies" was authentic but also bulky.
I really like. Four stars, with a bonus star, as the band is progressive by made her special style of music more or less conducive to a broader mass. The power I find remarkable.