{"product_id":"dazzling-killmen-face-of-collapse-deluxe-edition-cd-16-page-mini-book","title":"Dazzling Killmen - Face Of Collapse [Deluxe Edition] CD + 16 page mini Book","description":"\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eDazzling Killmen - Face Of Collapse [Deluxe Edition] CD + 16 page mini Book\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1 Staring Contest \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2 Bone Fragments \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3 My Lacerations \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4 Blown (Face Down) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5 Windshear \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e6 Painless One \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e7 In The Face Of Collapse \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e8 Agitator \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e9 Medicine Me \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e10 Poptones\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e11 My Lacerations (Alternate Version)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Most of the great progressive underground bands of the '90s would not exist if it weren't for them.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Ben Weinman, lead guitarist \u0026amp; primary songwriter of The Dillinger Escape Plan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWas DAZZLING KILLMEN a hardcore band? A metal band? The world’s gnarliest progressive-rock quartet?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Yes\" is the easy answer, but only because it's easy to rewind through two decades of genre fragmentation to hear Dazzling Killmen's influence on any number of \"math-metal,\" \"prog-core\" and similarly classified bands. At the time, however, this St. Louis quartet occupied a genre of one. When SKiN GRAFT released the Killmen's 1994 sophomore album, \"Face of Collapse\", that genre had its touchstone.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Excerpt from Aaron Burgess' liner notes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"One of the best post-metal records ever made\". - Fact Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The band formed in the St. Louis, MO area, and forged its singular sound with almost no music scene support for such a fringy concept - technically impeccable playing enabling whiplash stop-starts that recalled John Zorn’s Naked City more readily than any rock group one could name, cathartic and discordant guitar stabs, a jaw-dropping rhythm section, arrangements of baroque complexity, and a harrowing, overbearing, inescapable sense of pure dread\". - Dangerous Minds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLoud Life at Alternative Press magazine declared it the top album of the 90's based on the following criteria: 1) Avoidance of formula or cliché. 2) Dexterity of rhythm section, 3) Quality of album's production values, 4) Lack of predictable lyrical subjects - Satan, Straightedge, Viking folklore, etc. \"Sounds like Dave Bruebeck's Time Out played through Carcass' PA system.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRemastered from the original analog tapes and packaged in a deluxe six panel Digipack with a 16 page booklet of liner notes, interviews and comics. Includes three non-LP bonus tracks. Collects every studio track recorded by the quartet version of the band.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"The Dark Slide","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42148509679691,"sku":"CD-GRA-120X","price":24.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/7223\/1499\/files\/201374738834_c902802b-811b-494b-b9ed-0dacacf02096.jpg?v=1771300876","url":"https:\/\/rockbandmerch.com\/products\/dazzling-killmen-face-of-collapse-deluxe-edition-cd-16-page-mini-book","provider":"Rock Band Merch","version":"1.0","type":"link"}