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Rating: Muse - "The Resistance"
The new album title makes me believe in a glimmer of light that I haven't seen in several years. Exactly 10 years since I first got to know Matthew Bellamy & co.
But at the first listen, I realize that something doesn't add up. Where are the Muse from "Showbiz" and "Origin of Symmetry"???? The roughly rock band we were used to knowing, with the aggressive and powerful sound???? The guitar riffs, the commanding bass and the driving drums, the trio that made us fall in love????
In the new work, a sound of synth perhaps too present always appears in the foreground, definitely suitable for the structure of the 11 tracks of the album, which doesn't burst in forcefully and often comes with a repetitive rhythm base. After the first listens to the album, I can confirm that it's definitely an album that needs to be listened to, but it certainly doesn't penetrate the minds of those who listen to music of a certain depth. Too many forced elements in the production of the tracks (or at least I hope that's the case). An album suitable to enter the charts and that in some points doesn't lack originality, like the band, which has plenty to offer.
Awaiting in the future to find the origin of symmetry again.
Mark Novo
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