The Dillinger Escape Plan Ire Works

3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's Dillinger's willingness to constantly incorporate new sounds...that makes IRE WORKS an experimental-rock touchstone."
"Weinman's licks and riffs corkscrew out of the speakers, cut against the beat as much as they drive it, and lay down thick melodic foundations..."
"[With] impossibly visceral, grinding, convulsing riffage bolted onto body-wrenching gargled screams....IRE WORKS flows as an album in ways DEP have never quite succeeded before..."
Ranked #2 in Kerrang's "The Top 20 Albums Of 2007" -- "[A] genre-defining album that begs repeated spins."
4 stars out of 5 -- "[U]ncompromising, atonal industrial noise offset with melodious crooning, never once settling for predictable paths."
4 stars out of 5 -- "DEP deliver a technically dazzling display, defined by Ben Weinman's intense guitar. The end result is a panic attack-inducing action canvas of noise."
4 stars out of 5 -- "IRE WORKS is based upon the same traits with which they've made their name: a technically complex blend of metal and hardcore infused with elements of prog and jazz."