![]() Go figure.īeating the trend slightly, Devin Townsend released his alien concept album Ziltoid the Omniscient in 2007. ![]() While the alien trend has really predominated in more progressive forms of metal, Emmure takes the theme and applies it to a background of pure brutal deathcore, featuring a bouncy drum beat and a breakdown featuring the band's signature guitar squeals and scratches.Īn especially notable aspect of the song though is that front man and primary lyricist Frankie Palmeri claims that the song is based on a true experience he had, in which he saw an extraterrestrial being standing outside of his window. How has that turned out? Well, it's a hell of a lot better than the misogyny that pervaded metal in the mid-'00s and it's actually produced some awesome tracks like these. Of course, there were earlier examples, including Megadeth's classic "Hangar 18," but the fixation really took hold around 2008 with the release of the Faceless' Planetary Duality.Įver since, aliens are the thing. The allure of the extraterrestrial has lately overtaken the world of metal, especially extreme metal and the popular "djent" form. Tsoukalos, I'm not saying it's aliens, but. Just a few years ago, everyone was screaming about their feelings and how much they hated their ex-girlfriend for breaking up with them. It seems almost a guarantee that every few years the entire scene will shift to a new fixation. ![]() ![]() In the metal pantheon, lyrical subjects go in and out of style almost as fluidly as fashion and whether a song should have breakdowns or not. ![]()
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