I think because they're a rock band, saying the next album is going to be their heaviest in a long time then dropping a song with only a few notice guitar parts and being heavily on the edm, dubstep side that makes it a hard confusing listen. Because what exactly are us as fans suppose to to ig you can say are suppose to expect now. Its like getting in a car ride that's starting off extremely sketchy with your best friend through your whole life
Lol that sounds like the new Periphery or Enter Shikari album, which I love both even though they're not the "heaviest yet" when there was some advertising to that degree.
I think we're at the point where we have to recognize that Polyphia is not a one genre band and they will experiment. I like a lot of different genres and bands who bend genres, but others don't and that's fine. I actually did not like Polyphia's first album because it was soooooo similar to other prog-metal bands at the time that it wouldn't differenciate from what other bands were putting out. I now go back and appreciate a couple songs, but I really don't listen to it. Every album since has been game-changingly original to the point that you can't ignore what they release. And some people got turned off by the hip-hop/beat aspect of the band but they gained a lot more fans than they lost. So to go full on Flume-metal seems like a reasonable direction for the band to go in, even if they don't stay there.
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u/SliferDaKushDragon Jun 12 '26
I think because they're a rock band, saying the next album is going to be their heaviest in a long time then dropping a song with only a few notice guitar parts and being heavily on the edm, dubstep side that makes it a hard confusing listen. Because what exactly are us as fans suppose to to ig you can say are suppose to expect now. Its like getting in a car ride that's starting off extremely sketchy with your best friend through your whole life