No Resistance From Volume

Loud.
That is how I would describe Muse's fifth studio album, The Resistance. The English alternative rock band are, well, quite alternative, fusing classical music into their already synth heavy anthems. This equation may not seem to add up, but Muse makes it happen.

I've never listened to much Muse music. Sure, I've heard of them, and I've heard a few of their songs on occasion, but I'm not a huge fan. Until I listened to The Resistance. Drummer, Dominic Howard, wants you to badly hear his drum set on every track, and he bashes it out so you can. Christopher Wolstenholme gives an edgy and sometimes very simple bass riff, that keeps your room vibrating and your ears bleeding (in a good way) long after you've stopped listening. And then there's Matt Belamy. Sigh. He is the genius behind The Resistance. The lead singer, the guitars, some keyboards, a few synths and some programming. All Matt Belamy. Oh yeah, did I mention that he wrote every song on the album and decided to infuse classical music. What a fucking cool guy.

Songs to listen to: Listen to the whole album. If you're for some reason incapable of doing so, listen to "Uprising", "Guiding Light", and the very Queen-like "United States of Eurasia (+Collateral Damage)."

This album get four out of five in my books. So buy it. Or download it. Or just listen to it. But do it. Do it now.