On 2007's
Bone Palace Ballet
, its second outing for the
Equal Vision
label, the adventurous emo rock act
Chiodos
offers up an ambitious metal-tinged album. As always, the Michigan band presents a set of oddly named tunes ("I Didn't Say I Was Powerful, I Said I Was a Wizard"), but this time the group's arrangements are even more dynamic and dramatic, as on the dark, Wagnerian opener "Is It Progression If a Cannibal Uses a Fork?" which showcases frontman
Craig Owens
' expressive vocals.