LATERALUS

Warning...Be careful in giving five stars...it's hard for an album to be a complete masterpiece...I agree. But I really think Lateralus is definitively a masterpiece. Perhaps it's not prog stuff...But I swear I'd have rated 5 even if this site were "rock", "metal" "pop" or "mazurka" Archives. First: it's a 2001's, not just a progressive driven era. second, peolple from various musical background loves it. third: dark, powerful, complex charming, great lyrics, wonderful guitar and bass effects, monstrous drum patterns and the incredible voice of such a genius as Maynard is. I think songs like "the grudge", "Parabola" and the title track are gigantic masterpiece of this genre....but this genre has no name!!!they invented it!!! just listen "schism" and take a look to its disturbing video to understand nothing like this existed before....