This morning while checking up on some things I keep track of online, I noticed that Margin of Error had posted a new song on their myspace page along with some new images to go with it.  If you’ve been following the band, you’ll know that the visual layout of their page and even the look of the band changes with each new project, so I was looking forward to see what they’re up to.

Shock…

The new look of the band says it all…  instead of the crazy blue synth dreads and the cool white layout we’ve seen for the last several months, the band now sports an edgier look, similar to the look of many bands in the  hardcore metal genre.  The band line-up has changed as well, with Ryan switching from his previous role as keyboardist to bass guitar, a new guitarist and talk about announcing the new drummer.

The music has changed as much as the look of the group.  There’s still some keyboards in the new song, but they’re playing a much simpler role, and for all it’s worth, the band is no longer making the extreme industrial music that we’ve all come to enjoy.  The new song is very well produced, but I was disappointed with the arrangement.  The vocals are now all screams and growls…  the melodic parts have gone away.  The song itself is too long to really keep my attention during its almost five minute course.  It’s not a bad sound, but it really disappointed me to find out that the elements that made Margin of Error unique are gone.

Had Travis and his crew given us the same production with more of the elements of their previous endeavours, this could have been an amazingly impressive move by the band.  Instead we’re left with another metal band…  a good one albiet, but another one in a sea of many more.