Ion Dissonance

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Ion Dissonance is a mathcore band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They have often been compared to The Dillinger Escape Plan, Beecher and Meshuggah.

Ion Dissonance are known for their technical metalcore/mathcore style but changed to a more heavy, groove based style with the release of their 2007 album Minus The Herd.

Antoine Lussier and Sebastien Chaput formed Ion Dissonance during the late summer of 2001 with the intention of creating metal that was more complex and daring than what they have done before. JF Richard would join shortly after on drums. With these members, their sound started to take shape, but they still required a few more individuals to fill some parts. To that end they recruited Gabriel McCaughry (vocals) and Sebastien Painchaud (bass guitar). Upon completing their first official line-up, the band released a demo CD named .357, which was quickly put together in 2002 for promotional purposes to various zines, labels and individuals around North America. This demo is now out of print but was released on mp3.com. Within no time, they received positive reviews and reactions. In this short time, they had to pick an appropriate label to support them and soon release their first LP. They decided to stay with Willowtip Records (Cacophonous Records in Europe). The line-up was changed when Sebastien Painchaud was replaced by their second bassist, Miguel Valade. With this change, they started playing their first major shows as the opening act for such bands as The Dillinger Escape Plan, Every Time I Die, Daughters, Misery Index, The End, and The Black Dahlia Murder.

1	The Surge full track	284
2	Kneel full track	263
3	Through Evidence full track	245
4	You Shouldn't Be Alive full track	218
5	Shunned Redeemer full track	205
6	Scorn Haven full track	185
7	Void Of Conscience full track	170
8	Tarnished Trepidation full track	161
9	The Bud Dwyer Effect full track	148
10	She's Strychnine full track	144
11	Cleansed by Silence full track	140
12	Untitled full track	122
13	101101110110001	121
14	O.A.S.D. full track	106
15	Lecturing Raskolnikov (or how to properly stab an old widow) full track	104

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Minus The Herd
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Solace
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Breathing is Irrelevant
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Demos 2002 & 2004
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Inocula wrote:
Tuesday evening

if you want to hear some kick-ass metal, check us out http://www.last.fm/music/Inocula SOME OF US HAVE BEARDS!

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Sk8boyda wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

i have solace. love it. live is bad ass. saw some kid flick the band off and the bass player kicked him in the face while playing, lol. new singer sucks though. his voice is usually shot two or three songs deep.

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GrimFaust wrote:
last month

Two first albums were quite good. Minus The Herd is fucking awesome tho.

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Coulrophile wrote:
last month

I just started getting into Breathing is Irrelevant and it already blows Minus The Herd out of the water. MTH is still a decent album but Breathing is way better, IMO.

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brutusacek wrote:
last month

I need new record, why ID dont write new songs? :(

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theruthlessband wrote:
last month

please check out my band "The Ruthless" we are a melodic death metal band from jacksonville fla. we have music and videos here on last.fm and you can check us out at www.myspace.com/theruthlessband

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THEHOLYGHOST_ wrote:
last month

so good

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xLajnusen wrote:
last month

i adore minus the herd and the lyrics as well. peace out.

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KMFCM wrote:
last month

new singer is fine it's the BAND that failed last album

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AndyChrz wrote:
last month

Nothing beats Breathing is Irrelevant... they're a far different band now.

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bigbabyfetus wrote:
last month

breathing is irrelevent> everything else they've done.

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killahtxxx wrote:
last month

hahaha. i still like you, minus the herd.

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Arsonists wrote:
last month

Solace > Minus the Herd

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robsyme1 wrote:
last month

solace is pretty much one of the greatest things ever

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knifeintheback wrote:
last month

deeper: Definitely don't listen to "Minus The Herd"; either go with either of the other two albums. If it's not doing anything for you after that, then it's probably not for you ;P

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deeperthewound wrote:
last month

Is there anything in particular that I should be listening to by these guys? They haven't been doing much for me.

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thursdizzle wrote:
July 2008

hahaha how inconvenient! I was trying to think of Gab's last name but I couldn't think of it... What are the chances thier last names were basically the same? My mistake!

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CubesOfMadness wrote:
July 2008

Play Dead...and I'll Play Along is their best song

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CubesOfMadness wrote:
July 2008

Old singer ftw but The Surge is fucking great

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Mindxflaw wrote:
July 2008

Gabriel McCaughry vs. Kevin McCaughey. One letter makes all the difference.

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