Dark Matter (song)

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Dark Matter Initial Reactions

5 Stars
33
17%
4 Stars
92
48%
3 Stars
56
29%
2 Stars
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4%
1 Star
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2%
 
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JimX6 wrote:It's weird, this song feels more Pearl Jam than anything they've done since, maybe Riot Act - yet it's so fresh.

I'm really liking Ed's vocal delivery here... Some powerful Ten-esque growls and no Post Avocado screechiness. His vocals almost remind me of the re-recorded vocals on Brother and Alone off Lost Dogs.. An older Ed tapping into that young Ed intensity.
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JimX6 wrote:His vocals almost remind me of the re-recorded vocals on Brother and Alone off Lost Dogs.. An older Ed tapping into that young Ed intensity.
Great insight there
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Ello Sailor wrote:This is pretty rad. I didn't think they had it in them.
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Ms Harmless wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:Matt's drumming made me cream

I can't remember the last time they brought the funk like that

DUCK WALK TIME

what is that harsh grating fast tremolo on the guitar that appears once in a while? it's amazing

they sound passionate, I'm all in
my only real crit is that 3.30 wasn't long enough, PJ have recently got this bad habit of giving us 2 bars of good instrumental stuff (intro, solo, etc.) when there should be four, or even eight
I want this to be longer so bad too. I would have loved to hear just that instrumental part before the chorus that we had the snippet from.
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They've united the board!
Be mighty...Be humble...Be mighty humble...
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Name checking king diamond has to be Jeff.
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Steal the light from OUR eyes
Take the blood from our hearts. I think
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RockPusher wrote:They've united the board!
We still need to deal with Spenno, Trag, Dad, and Jorge!
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how are the drums?
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Oh yeah i forgot about spenno!
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Strat wrote:
RockPusher wrote:They've united the board!
We still need to deal with Spenno, Trag, Dad, and Jorge!
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Dev wrote:i love listening to the leaked pj song "last word".
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WarbleFartSuperYay wrote:Steal the light from OUR eyes
Take the blood from our hearts. I think
Agreed. That explains “heart” sounding like “hwaaarz” when Ed combines our and hearts
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oh and Chris H
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really cool screech from Eddie coming out of the bridge solo
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stip wrote:how are the drums?
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buy the single and you get a download with the instrumental with a cool Ed on the Arc machine opening.
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Can almost feel McCready swinging that guitar around and squeezing the shit out of it during the solo.
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this will be a great sing along chorus live
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That poll tally above is looking wildly in unison
Current Album Ranking (Updated April 2024)

1. Self-Titled
2. Vitalogy
3. Riot Act
4. Dark Matter
5. Ten
6. Backspacer
7. No Code
8. Gigaton
9. Vs
10. Lightning Bolt
11. Yield
12. Binaural
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Who's going to karaoke in their own house with the instrumental version?
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