Tiger and the Duke- The Sound Of Animals Fighting

A scene classic, this album is comparable to early works by Coheed and Cambria and The Mars Volta in that it skillfully combined the fluid, technical riffs and experimental tendencies of prog music with the fierce raw energy and dynamics of post-hardcore. This album was more or less a resurgence of modern post-hardcore which seemed all but dead when Fugazi, Refused and At The Drive-In all folded around the turn of the century. About the music itself, this album will kick your ass. The first track is like Blood Mountain-era Mastodon reinterpreting an Iron Maiden song while Cedric Bixler-Zavala drops in for vocal duties. And by vocal duties I mean ass-kicking with his voice. The quiet parts are great too- just check out the beginning of Act III (one singer doing spoken word, the other singing- at the same time!). There is a reissue of this album with a bunch of remixes of later TSOAF songs, but it's BS (as are most of the interludes). Check it out and rock out! THIS IS HOW I FEEL WHEN I'M ALL ALONE!

1. "Overture" – 1:29
2. "Act I: Chasing Suns" – 5:13
3. "Interlude" – 2:30
4. "Act II: All is Ash or the Light Shining Through It" – 4:19
5. "Interlude" – 2:39
6. "Act III: Modulate Back to the Tonic" – 4:50
7. "Interlude" – 1:53
8. "Act IV: You Don't Need a Witness" – 5:21
9. "Postlude" – 5:54

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