"Imbroglio originated in Dayton, OH in February of 2007 with founding members D.J. Gilbert (guitars, backing vocals, electronics, and lyrics) & Nathan Harrah (drums, percussion, & lyrics). William Fecke is on vocals. Their influences are Pig Destroyer, Burnt By the Sun, Today Is the Day, Coalesce, Converge, Deadguy, Kiss It Goodbye, & Neurosis.Early in 2008 the band decided to relocate to Syracuse, NY to get away from small-town life and expand their audience. However, William was not able to make the move."
Following along the lines of noisey mathcore bands, Imbroglio brings a bit of variety to the scene taking hints from noisy grinders Today Is The Sun, combining the progressive sounding sludge in vein of Neurosis, manipulating blast beasts to their fullest advantage like Pig Destroyer, and throwing in a disheveled metallic sounding hardcore like Converge. This is the kind of stuff that metalcore should be slowly transitioning into, not this crappy scene bullshit. I didn't have as much fun with their first album as I did this one but they're both great regardless. Imbroglio have really set their name in stone with this release and have quite the following. Get this if you're looking for anything dealing with progressive metal.
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