Uneven Structure - La Partition (2017)

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Uneven Structure - La Partition (2017)

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Blossoming from a bedroom-born ode to Meshuggah‘s frenetic math-metal riffing into an ethereal-worshiping prog act as rich in emotion and texture as they are in rhythmic prowess, France’s Uneven Structure released what very well could be the best record to come out of the djent movement with their 2011 debut album Februus. In the near four years since its release, the album has remained a collective favorite among the staff at Heavy Blog, and an ache for a follow-up has reached an apex as the band nears its completion. Uneven Structure and their label Basick Records have graciously reached out to break the silence on their sophomore album, titled La Partition, which will finally see release in 2017.

In a sneak peek of La Partition given to Heavy Blog for the purposes of this article, Uneven Structure can be heard hinting towards frighteningly black metal-adjacent blastbeats and tremolo picking, evoking images of Behemoth’s darkened grandiosity almost as much as they do Meshuggah’s reptilian groove. Guitarist Igor Omodei maintains that the comparisons are little more than a happy accident — “We just found a way to use blastbeats in a way that pleases us” — and offers that the more mindful influences come in the way of acts such as Alice in Chains and Soundgarden in the way they craft harmonies. Experimental hip-hop group Death Grips even played a part in informing La Partition‘s atmosphere, with the band channeling, “that ‘broken-mind, no fucks given’ feel.”