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Acumen Nation
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Out of 16 votes - Similar Artists: Dillinger Escape Plan, Prong, Faith No More, Converge, Godflesh, The Crimson Curse, Mohinder
Out of 16 votes
- Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Genre: Alternative/Punk » Industrial
Editor's review
The songs are shorter on the latest from this Chicago quintet; and so are the tempers. This is industrial metal at its most distilled, with massive power chords crammed into impossibly small crevices and guttural vocal assaults wasting no words. But if Acumen has shrunk metal's length, they've also expanded its range, bringing in elements of rap-rock and drum 'n' bass.
Biography
"Deftones on crystal meth...8 out of 10" -ALTERNATIVE PRESS
"Pissed-off anthems for a pissed-off generation" -OUTBURN
Now in the studio finishing their new album, ACUMEN NATION is poised to yet again swing the pendulum of style and sound in an even more brutal and angry direction.
Once an original part of the coldwave music scene that fused guitars with industrial music, Chicago's ACUMEN NATION have logged hundreds of shows, 6 albums and a dozen US tours over the years.
As well as running their own imprint and producing music for videogames, television and other bands, ACUMEN NATION continuously evolves, adding the sounds of drum n bass, breakbeat, and hardcore into the mix over the years, resulting in a harsh amalgam of metal and electronics.
Live they are a 4-piece metal crushfest with backing samples and loops who have cut their teeth on the road and locally with such bands as Ministry, Sevendust, Rammstein, KMFDM, Local H, Soil, Mushroomhead, Skinlab, Lords of Acid and Sister Machine Gun.
Their new album "Anticore" is the fastest and meanest slab of meat and mischief put forth by the band to date. Retaining their signature sound of complex minor chord melodies and harsh, intelligent programming, tempos are now faster, songs shorter, lyrics even more cynical and the emotions are urgent. The 4 on the floor club sounds a thing of the past, the new ACUMEN NATION would find solace and companionship with the likes of Poison the Well, Dillinger Escape Plan and Lamb of God.
A concept album attacking all aspects of hypocracy in music, religion, politics and society, "Anticore" is a pummeling journey to the forefront of today's aggressive music scene.
