Music:
Member Since: 2/18/2005
Band Website: thenemesistheory.com
Band Members: Blossom - Drums;
Twink- Guitar/Trumpet;
Bear - Bass;
Finesse Bottom - Vocals
Influences: Our hoodlum friends .
Sounds Like: The Nemesis Theory and their release "Hypnopaedia" emit a uniquely strange sound that I found fully entertaining. I've heard this type of music called "art metal." The music is totally unpredictable and travels in wide, perplexing ways that remind me of a meandering science fiction novel.
The range of emotions and musical expression here goes from the strange to the very weird and then back again. What else would you expect from a CD with artwork like this? The good news is that The Nemesis Theory can spin a yarn better than most, although sometimes their overall strangeness gets in the way. Still, when you get past that, you find that this band can rock hard and that's what we're looking for, right?
Rough Edge
Visiškas nihilistinis post-pankas iš Sietlo. Užveža - visiškam pochuizmui... Net nežinau ka daugiau pasakyti. Tipinis Sietlo saundas, tik žymiai sudepresintas, vedantis nežinia kur... Nirvanistams turetu patikti.
Rating - 7/10
Muzik Alutis
"...Hypnopaedia, as a whole is highly political, not unlike Public Enemy or Black Flag, yet much of what is said is bogged down by chaotic song structures, the double bass and cool song titles (“Autumn On The Empire†and “Enron Hubbardâ€). Yes, The Nemesis Theory may be as arty as a college sophomore with a beret, but they also rock too... and isn’t that really the essence of art-metal?"
-Ryan Pangilinan Redefine Magazine
These guys are strange. I'd even go as far as calling them crazy. Musically they're all over the place mixing progressive metal with post punk and spazz-core, which in the end makes an album that is quite original, but that isn't saying that I am a fan or anything.
-Past and Present Webzine
"**** Really Good
It sounds like a post-hardcore band trying to play prog, or something like that. Musically, it’s interesting. The vocals have a bit of an emo tint at times, which normally puts me off, but it works here. They remind me of a cross between Dainami and Technician, two bands most of you have never heard, but which I enjoy a lot."
- jimbobhickville for www.librariusmetallicus.com
"Prog, one of those genre's that is real hit and miss. For the most part this one is a hit with some minor problems. What this disk has going for it is the fact that it is technical without pissing contest passages, catchy without any musical wankery and other problems that generally plague prog. Unlike a lot of prog out there this is music with a purpose and not just musical masturbation..."
- E-Metal Reviews
"I fear for the sanity of some people. Really, I do.
The bottom line is this: listening to Hypnopaedia is hardly supposed to be fun. If head-banging, loud drums, thick guitars, and testosterone-fueled yelling for the sake of making noise, is your idea of good prog-influenc
ed metal, do not buy this album. However, if you’re brooding and socially aware, with a ridiculously extensive vocabulary and an angry view of the world, or do a whole crapload of drugs, by all means, buy this album..."
Kristen Brown.
- CD-Reviews.com
"Progressive metal that up-arms itself with technical prowess and a desire to write loud abrasive insane songs. “Hypnopaedia†makes no sense, it jumps from funky bass prog-rock to spazz to alternative rock. It’s like Mike Patton in a bottle or something. Imagine a Mr. Bungle, Primus, and Dillinger Escape Plan with a vocalist who likes to sing and talk crazy. Loud, feverish, and mind-blowing, the Nemesis Theory may have escaped from a mental ward."
- J-Sin, smother.net
"Brutal post punk with a sharp metallic edge."
-The Stranger
"if you weren't in high school when you recorded this, then you're absolutely terrible.I like the songs and the vibe. the lyrics seem a little too easy, but it might be right if you give it to people who are younger than you. "
-some guy named lostear on Redfizz.com
"The most accessible crazy shit I've ever heard."
-Conrad Uno of Egg Studios
"...Although The Nemesis Theory has a great deal of room for improvement, they are a very strong and original group of musicians who, if they focus on and improve their strong points, will only continue getting better as time goes on. They are definitely worth checking out and, if I had to sum up Eschatology in one sentence, it would be this: What they intend to do, they do."
-Nathan Jeffreys
Redefine Magazine
"The Nemesis Theory will hit you harder than Mr. T"
-The Blue Moon
"The dictionary-haute album title (Eschatology references Christian doctrines about the end of days) and menacing whispers may invoke Tool, but this underrated Seattle quartet operate on a different plane entirely, condensing volumes of paranoia and seething aggression into forward-thinking acupuncture pricks".
-The Seattle Weekly
"This disc starts off totally soothing, then drops straight into rock. It totally reminds me of early Fugazi, but these guys are no rip-off artists. This is something with more rock/hardcore influence, including some pretty parts Fugazi could never have written. This album is dripping with technical, well-woven pieces, put together just right. And the vocals go from creepy sounding desperate whispers, to urgent spoken parts, to the heartfelt yells of intelligence. This is an incredibly driving album, one you may have a hard time turning off. Fans of the not so average will love this.
P.S.- I can't wait to see them live".
-Rice, Seattle Sinner, Sept. 2004 The Seattle Sinner
On a side note Rice has yet to see us live.
"John Gillanders lyric sheet reads like a self-help/survival manual for a particularly mortifying Philip K. Dick future. The Nemesis Theory frontmans snarled, verbose provocations add even more personality to a populist math-metal attack that lurches like a truncated Tool. The self-released Eschatology is a promising, bleak debut".
-Andrew Bonazelli, Seattle Weekly
Type of Label: Indie
