"Dizmas boldly threatens the world of music... The band is certainly not shy about writing anthem songs, but they manage to write them without ever being whiny, holier than thou, or so angry that they are blinded by it. It's been awhile since I have heard a rock anthem without any of those elements, and it feels good in my ears." " HM Magazine After playing over 200 shows across the country supporting their blistering 2005 debut, On A Search In America, Dizmas returns with their highly anticipated new recording, Tension. Capturing a new level of intensity and urgency, the songs on Tension represent a progression, evolution, and refining of Dizmas' sound. Utilizing this broaden sonic palette, Tension also reflects a maturing lyrical depth that concentrates on honestly confronting pain and finding redemption in the face of tragedy.
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Not much Tension about this album| Posted May 23, 2008
Hailing from southern California, the modern rock band Dizmas are back with their sophomore album. The band scratched most of its screaming act, to allow itself to be understood by listening to the words rather than looking at the CD booklet for the lyrics . But the time from Dizmas’ debut, On a Search for America, and their second album, Tenson, improved as much on the melodic and sonic aspect as much as the aspirin need.
Leading off the album is “jealousy hurts” which starts slowly before igniting into a rock song, but it lacks a perfect rhythm. “Shake it off” could have used fewer “shake it’s” and “oh’s” and used a not so reckless rock tune. Although some comparisons have been made from Dizmas to P.O.D. and Pillar, Dizmas’s music it an edgier and not so refined, So it’s a bad comparison. The rawness of Tension is shown with play it safe, which is a more alternative rock song.
The intro is great on “if you love someone” and the light music, while not unheard of, adds stability to the album, one downside is the vocals are not quite as impressive. The tune on “see the daylight” is not so disjointed as other tracks and this solid rock song gets a big lift from the bridge. One of the songs which is more familiar to Dizmas’s first album is “dance” which has a certain degree of screaming to the reckless rock song. In the lengthy “this is a warning” the tune changes a number of times as this fast paced rock song doesn’t like to stay with the same melody for long.
After getting past the opening vocals “voice is ghostly” is a good song, and “nothing at all” long is light rock song with an undefined refrain. A highlight of Tension is “October”, which is a alterative medium rock song with a great background chorus. Perhaps the most daring song on the album is “until you rescue me” which is an upbeat punk/rock song. The last song,”sun” reflects the overall maturity Dizmas gained with this album as the light pop song stays strong because lead singer Zach Zegan doesn’t extend his voice father than he needs to.
Trying to challenge believers to have a richer faith but understanding the grey areas of life, Dizmas tires to improve their lyrics like they have with their music. While “”shake off” is about defecting hurtful words the execution is imperfect, but “this is a warning” counsels ‘This is a warning for all of us that are falling/For the lie that we could bigger than God’. The lead singer wants honesty and no double standard when taking advice on “until you rescue me”.
“Play it safe” centers around the simple truth “No one seeks God, no, not one” and while demonstrating his point further the song says ‘Seeing is believing/But belief is not like faith/Faith takes chances/Faith moves mountains’. While “dance” is a simple song and seemingly pointless, “jealousy hurts” and “nothing at all” are both solid songs. Dizmas gets personal with “if you love someone” and “October” which both focus on troubled relationships that will make fans relate more with this band.
Definitely a change in the music scene for Dizmas one which will probably get more fans, and turn some away. While still a little disjoined in places and edgy, the music has improved and but the biggest development would have to be realizing that screaming isn’t the only way to get a great point across.
"Tension" Doesn't Have That Much Tension| Posted August 11, 2012
Tension is a much different album than Dizmas's previous one, On A Search In America. While that one had a more hard rock edge complete with screaming vocals, this one tones it down a little and gets rid of the screaming entirely. While this new direction is interesting, it didn't hold my interest that long as most of the songs are slow ballads that brought any momentum to a halt. It's a good effort by the band to try something new but while the album starts off strong, it peters off and becomes more of a generic rock album.
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR| Posted October 15, 2008
I actually won this cd from a radio station.but if i hadn't i definitely would have spent my money to purchase it! It is SO worth every penny !!!!!!!!! Zach has a very cool voice and the music is tight.Do yourself a favor, GET THIS CD !!!!!!!
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