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Porcupine Tree - Deadwing review




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Band: Porcupine Tree
Album: Deadwing
Release date: March 2005


01. Deadwing
02. Shallow
03. Lazarus
04. Halo
05. Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
06. Mellotron Scratch
07. Open Car
08. The Start Of Something Beautiful
09. Glass Arm Shattering
10. Shesmovedon [american edtion bonus]

Deadwing is a shivering experience that will immediately combine all kind of emotions in both the atmosphere and in your mind; the minute you push play in your stereo you'll start feeling thrilled, excited, angry, stunned, besieged, and mostly any sensation the human can experience will appear instantly no doubt.

The music is beautiful, every instrument works harmonically in both separate and combined ways; everything is structured in a very deep way, the arpeggios the moderatos, the allegros, the melodies, etc. emerge in the song in the exact moment; this is certainly an evidence of the amazing songwriting "Porcupine Tree" has and executes, every song has a lot of incredible timings and paces as you can appreciate from what I just wrote; believe me, not many bands around manage to combine that amount of layers and paces creating outstanding music in the end.

There are 2 perfect songs in "Deadwing", one is "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here", this fifth track is a Progressive instance of Porcupine Tree, and an amazing one by the way. "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here" is a tune wrapped in a lot of scales and musical shades, it creates a really chilling atmosphere?almost depressing, it's a marvelous tune that will shock more than one for sure. The second song is "Lazarus"; this song is actually a whole new face of "Deadwing". Most tracks in this CD are ferocious and fast paced, but "Lazarus is the opposite way, this tune is a mellow experience that can either make you extremely happy or extremely sad, a beautiful tune indeed.

This album is certainly a masterpiece, some might say it's not as good as "In Absentia", but please do not compare this release with anything, just hear "Deadwing" individually and you'll find one of the best and most interesting releases in 2005. I really recommend everyone to get this record, the music is so great that will suit any kind of tastes, so I'll give this one a 10 because it is actually flawless, I found no stain in the music or the production?even the artwork is perfect for the concept, so an unblemished album this is no doubt.

Best Tracks: The whole album is more than amazing

Written by Herzebeth | 07.11.2005




Comments

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13.09.2006 - 01:39
Rating: 9
Passenger
Lost To Apathy
This may well be one of the most underrated bands in the whole World.
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22.10.2006 - 02:36
Rating: 10
Spyroid
Rosetta Stoned
True, true.
I love this review, it is just so right ^^
Best release from 2005 togehter with Ghost Reveries of course
And great album overall indeed, one of their most even and best.
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11.01.2007 - 23:23
Talvi

One hell of an amazing album. Porcupine Tree it's a genious band.
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25.01.2007 - 13:39
marillionfan
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An excellent album, I'll even say a "masterpiece". A must-have for any rocker and prog-rocker. A musical superlative, that's what this album is!
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02.05.2007 - 00:00
Rating: 10
BloodTears
ANA-thema
This is beyond wonderful, beyond words. This pulls your skin and burns it afterwards.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29

Like you could kiss my ass.


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02.05.2007 - 00:21
Lucas
Mr. Noise
Herzebeth, did you really rate an album of this genre with an 9.9? Then I must definitely hear it!
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SLUDGE. DOOM. DEATH. Wait, what?

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14.05.2007 - 16:08
duyhung
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Great album,now I'm really into Porcupine Tree can't stop playing 'Lazarus',a perfect song indeed
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31.05.2007 - 02:49
lazarus

I agree with the review, definitely an amazing album, excellent choice of the perfect songs from the album. I'm Lazarus...
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At who I've become
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With what I've done
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16.06.2007 - 05:02
doosh
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it's really difficult to find bands like this one. i can't describe how much i love Porcupine Tree.

great review, Herzebeth. couldn't have wrote it better myself.
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26.08.2009 - 16:37
Panterica

Wow, I never thought I will ever see something like that: An album which has the highest rate and no one disagree, I must get that one.
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26.08.2009 - 17:56
Rating: 8
Elio
Red Nightmare
Written by Panterica on 26.08.2009 at 16:37

Wow, I never thought I will ever see something like that: An album which has the highest rate and no one disagree, I must get that one.


Well, it doesn't deserve a perfect rating maybe, but it is indeed a hell of an album
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23.09.2009 - 13:33
Rating: 8
Dangerboner
Lactation Cnslt
This album is one of the biggest growers I've ever heard. I went from thinking it was mediocre to having it become one of my favorite albums of all time. Not quite perfect, but close
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23.09.2009 - 16:56
Rating: 10
BloodTears
ANA-thema
Written by Dangerboner on 23.09.2009 at 13:33

This album is one of the biggest growers I've ever heard. I went from thinking it was mediocre to having it become one of my favorite albums of all time. Not quite perfect, but close


Oh come on, it's perfect and you know it!
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29

Like you could kiss my ass.


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24.01.2010 - 13:45
Rating: 10
Argônio

Certainly a masterpiece, I never get tired of listening.
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21.11.2012 - 16:25
Jaeryd
Nihil's Maw
Strangely enough, I actually like the Incident more than this album. I don't think it has anything to do with the musical quality, it just doesn't resonate with me the same way The Incident does, which is especially funny because it seems like a lot of people were disappointed with The Incident.
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