as incediary and destructive as they are, they really are putting themselves out there with this album. its very believeable in a sense. if you listen to DOA and think "this must be a joke" then id say the jokes kinda on you lol. the soundscapes are this torturous and relentless mechanical nightmares, hard to conceive as anything other than a kaleidoscope of black, gray and deep blue assembly lines, stiching toguether sonic amalgations one may struggle to call songs, but the lyrics are grounded by this sort of brutalized humanity that i can only read as sincere. the only people who can get to see it face to face, however, are those willing to drown in the endless gears and machinations of each track and meet the art halfway. when observed from a comfortable distance, DOA seems like gibberish. not their best album, ive issues with the pacing and it doesnt totally pick up until Dead On Arrival, but this is truly a stunning effort.