Disharmonic Orchestra
Pleasuredome

Finally, after countless changes in musical genre (first death/grind, then death progressive), it seems that Disharmonic Orchestra have found the musical style most suited to them: avant-garde metal, and it is precisely with this "Pleasure Dome", dated 1994, that they reached what has now been their sound for a good 13 years.

Just as happened in the previous and not too appealing album "Not To Be Undimensional Conscious", the Austrian band continues to maintain extremely complex rhythms, often resorting to electronics, without losing sight too much of the more aggressive and metallic side of their musical offering: it's precisely the aggressiveness that remains the focal point of the album, and this can be seen in the vocal lines, on the edge of thrash, but also in the guitar riffs, which are always fast and sharp.

During the 13 tracks, one can notice how they have made real strides in terms of composition, only rarely falling into the chaos they were used to creating in their previous works, also focusing on more refined melodic solutions, as can be heard in "The Silence I Observe", capable of combining methodicity, power, and technical parts with truly remarkable results; the same goes for "Overwhelming Tranquillity", opened by an intro on the verge of psychedelic, until the song then transforms into a piece that forcefully 'throws in your face' all the wild side of the group.
Among other things, the tracks "Where Can I Park My Horse", a decidedly carefree and simple rock-flavored track with a truly unique easy listening catch, and also the final instrumental "Sunday Mood", a very relaxing progressive piece, are pleasant.

Naturally, there are negative points and they are not few, chief among them being a certain similarity of almost all the tracks (especially those where they want to showcase the more metallic side of the D.O.), to which must be added a rather unrefined mixing, with sounds not always highly polished (the bass is what suffers the most).

In conclusion, this "Pleasure Dome" while not being a perfect album, is not bad at all and gives us a band in decent form, which may not go down in history, but has shown that it has found its own identity that sets it apart from the crowd.

Once again, the artwork and the lyrics are good, just like in the previous platter, contributing to further improve the group's work.

P.S.: I recommend listening to the two instrumentals, "Sunday Mood" and "Pleasuredome", one after the other, since they almost seem like two sides of the same song, with Pleasuredome potentially representing the more electronic part and the other song the more reflective part.