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I remember the stir created by MISS MACHINE on its 2004 release. Some DEP fans were (and are) stuck on CALCULATING INFINITY as perfection, wouldn't accept the new singer, Greg Puciato. For them, nothing since can measure up. But many saw it as a step forward to a more diverse, creative sound, and I agree.I also remember in the opening pages of Thomas Pynchon's Vineland (1990) he sketches a character who's a musician in an "aggro" band. Not punk, not metal, but "aggro." To me, from the first, DEP has been the quintessential aggro band. They are a fusion of hardcore punk, technical metal, and Mike Patton/Faith No More like no other, and they have morphed and improved continually.Turning on DEP is like sticking your finger in an electric socket. What a jolt!My only criticism of MISS MACHINE is that there is a strong misogynist strain to Puciato's lyrics. The aggro, the anger, seems to be aimed too much at women. I would dock the album a star for this if the lyrics were unavoidable, but in general it's not possible to understand the words anyway without the lyric sheet. Fortunately this tendency vanishes over time, and seems to be gone entirely on the latest DEP, the excellent One of Us Is the Killer.