The feel is back pocket, which I personally dig. It makes metal sound
so much more fun. The playing back pocket on complicated
syncopated parts especially makes the (whole band) unison transitions
between sections feel good. Like nobody's in any hurry to get the song
to the ending and be done with it. I like that. Maybe it's just a
maturity thing, I listen to old stella recordings and we're all trying
so hard to push to the next part. But, I think in metal it must take a
conscious effort to let each part of the song do its own thing on its
own time. Again, Bravo to you and Alf and Brian on the performance.
The drum sounds are great. The high toms especially ring out nicely.
The drum mix was well done. The snares are all super tight and don't
step on other sounds and the cymbals have a chance to breathe properly
which makes it sound very organic and alive.
The overall tones of the record are very warm. For my ears, alot of
metal recording is so compressed that it flattens the life right out
of it. This record has a nice wide sonic range of course i mentioned
the drums are big part of that but the bass and guitar are warm as
well.
And, no metal album is complete without at least one doom scream. I
was happy to hear one within the first ten minutes in my player! Well
done!
As I expected, the overall band performance is tight like only
happens when you've all been playing together for years. It feels like
everybody is in the same groove and nobody's getting their toes
stepped on. Vocally, its a great big robust album. I especially like
the vocal variety on it, everybody's singing and mixing up the ranges
and intensity. Makes things more interesting.
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- Scott
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