Brute Force is the third studio album by French musical project the Algorithm. The album was released on 1 April 2016 through FiXT. It is the project's first studio release with the label.
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| Released | 1 April 2016 | |||
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| Length | 46:01 | |||
| Label | FiXT | |||
| Producer | The Algorithm | |||
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Promotion and release edit
Promotional video single "Floating Point" was announced through Metal Hammer on 30 January 2016 with a remix released on the project's official blog the following month.[1][2] On 9 March 2016, Metal Underground premiered the music video for "Pointers" along with the track listing for the album. Commenting on the release, Gallego stated the track was "one of my favorite [songs] so far".[3] The same day, the album was made available for pre-order on the project's website with various bundle options. Some bundles included a MIDI version of the album on a floppy disk.[4][5] On 30 March 2016, two days before official release, the full album was streamed with Metal Hammer accompanied by Gallego's track-by-track analysis of the album.[6]
Critical reception edit
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| It Djents | 9/10[7] |
| Metal Hammer |   [8] |
| The Monolith | Positive[9] |
| The Musical Melting Pot | 91%[10] |
| New Noise | [11] |
Upon release, the album gained generally positive reviews from metal publications. Paulo Bodriguez of The Monolith gave the album a positive review, stating "The Algorithm...have clearly found their own unique style and sound", while referring to the floppy disk pre-orders as a "cheeky sense of self-awareness".[9] Nicholas Senior of New Noise, when observing the progression of The Algorithm's sound, stated "we hear the band hitting a sweet spot down the middle, with an album that is equally comfortable executing really interesting electronic passages and hard synths as it is hitting the blast beats and post-Meshuggah riffs hard."[11]
Track listing edit
All music is composed by Rémi Gallego, except "Deadlock" by Rémi Gallego and Igorrr
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Boot" | 3:27 |
| 2. | "Floating Point" | 5:07 |
| 3. | "Pointers" | 4:39 |
| 4. | "Brute Force" | 5:21 |
| 5. | "Userspace" | 6:15 |
| 6. | "Shellcode" | 4:24 |
| 7. | "Hex" | 5:03 |
| 8. | "Deadlock" (featuring Igorrr) | 2:33 |
| 9. | "Rootkit" | 4:47 |
| 10. | "Trojans (Hard Mode)" | 4:21 |
| Total length: | 46:01 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 11. | "Idle" | 3:09 |
| 12. | "Overclock" | 3:47 |
| 13. | "Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory" | 5:48 |
| 14. | "Floating Point" (Drumcorps remix) | 3:21 |
| 15. | "Runtime" | 3:43 |
| 16. | "Source Code" | 7:02 |
| 17. | "Dynamic Recompilation" | 8:48 |
| 18. | "Userspace" (Volkor X remix) | 7:55 |
| 19. | "Floating Point" (Vaporwave remix) | 7:10 |
| 20. | "Rootkit" (Chiptune remix) | 4:48 |
| Total length: | 101:52 | |
Notes
- All track titles are stylised in lowercase.
Personnel edit
The Algorithm
- Rémi Gallego – synthesizer, sequencer, guitar, mixing, programming, production
Additional musicians
- Igorrr – guest instrumentation on track 8, "Deadlock"
Additional personnel
- Erica Schaub – artwork, layout
References edit
- ^ "The Algorithm Premieres Floating Point Video". metalhammer.teamrock.com. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ "Music: Floating Point (Vapor Wave Remix)". the-algorithm.net. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ A., Ty (9 March 2016). "The Algorithm Premieres "Pointers" Music Video". metalunderground.com. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ "Brute Force Preorders are Live". the-algorithm.net. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "The Algorithm – Brute Force floppy". moshville.co.uk. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ Metal Hammer Staff (30 March 2016). "Listen to the new album from The Algorithm". teamrock.com. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ Turlock, Landon (3 March 2016). "The Algorithm – "Brute Force"". It Djents. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ Lawson, Dom (29 March 2016). "The Algorithm: Brute Force". Metal Hammer. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ a b Bodriguez, Paulo (1 April 2016). "Brute Force". The Monolith. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ Leon (7 March 2016). "The Algorithm – 'Brute Force' [Review]". The Musical Melting Pot. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ a b Senior, Nicholas (28 March 2016). "Album Review: The Algorithm – 'Brute Force'". New Noise. Retrieved 6 April 2016.