Ribozyme: Presenting the Problem

Ribozyme's people have presented reviewers with quite the most pretentious load of guff it has been my pleasure to snigger at. To whit; "Ribozyme's solid approach to their work has been evident from day one: refined soundscapes where every nuance is carefully painted out in wallwide (sic) tapestries of sophisticated rock." Need more? Try this for size, "A continuous effort to evolve and congeal true identity has led Ribozyme to be compared to numerous giants of their genre. From Tool to Filter, from Nine Inch Nails to Sigur Rôs, although the distance to the above has never been greater. Ribozyme is truly a nation of its own, as evident by their fifth album: Presenting the Problem"

Some of Presenting the Problem is genuinely quite hypnotic ("Downside Advantage") whilst "Scale of Values" allows the band to rock out a little bit in a modern metal kind of way. In other places, however, it's just a bit dull and that's never a good thing. Perhaps the best thing about this record though, is the huge bass sound which bounces out of the speakers like a puppy on drugs and is very much worth the entrance fee by itself.

Track Listing:
01. Presenting the Problem
02. Lending a Fever
03. Leverage
04. Over The Galvanized
05. Caskets
06. Downside Advantage
07. Scale of Values
08. Rewatched
09. Paid In Graves
10. The Bricks Went Flying

Added: February 29th 2012
Reviewer: Simon Bray
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Related Link: Band Website
Hits: 1906
Language: english

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