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14 years ago @ hearwax - Things To Check Out Th... · 0 replies · +1 points

thanks for the heads up and recommended route. this helps a lot.

14 years ago @ hearwax - Lesson 2: Why Alec is ... · 0 replies · +1 points

I quit

14 years ago @ hearwax - The Dillinger Escape U... · 2 replies · +1 points

riff is crucial

14 years ago @ hearwax - ALECATRAZ: Day 3 · 0 replies · +1 points

hey, thanks a lot Matt, I plan on updating a lot more so thanks for reading.

14 years ago @ hearwax - Obscura - Cosmogenesis · 0 replies · 0 points

hahaha, nowhere did I say anyone involved with Cosmogenesis recorded for Onset Of Putrefaction (I assume that is the album OTP is reffering to?) except if you consider that Hannes did do some rerecordings of the engineered drums for the reissue.

And also, just because they did not record or majoritively write OOP does not mean that members playing the songs off of it every night for over two years would NOT have that influence on their next project.

14 years ago @ hearwax - After The Burial - Rar... · 0 replies · +1 points

The weirdly upbeat nature of their progressions on Rareform effectively make them the Weezer of new school metalcore. “Ometh” has its fair share of posi riffing, drastically melodic without going into musical theatre territory. The slightly impressive “Aspiration” begins with a strong grasp of guitar effects and charmingly tacky guitar leads. There is also a uniquely enjoyable solo in the first minutes of “Drifts”.

I like those moment most on this release and are an element the band needs to focus and capitalize on for their third release... That is the element that is distinctly "them" on this release and could put them head and shoulders above all in their scene if they worked it more.

14 years ago @ hearwax - Muse – The Resistance · 0 replies · +1 points

great read, agree wholeheartedly

14 years ago @ hearwax - After The Burial - Rar... · 0 replies · +1 points

nah, I did not argue their style was "similar" to Meshuggah, I wrote;

"While other bands have shaped an entire genre out of Nothing and Chaosphere while still maintaining scraps of individuality, After The Burial’s djenty math chugs are identical in nature to any of those album’s (except for the fact that none of After The Burial’s are remotely memorable). While the exact time signatures and rhythms are not used, the tone, playing style and aesthetical choices are a blatantly mimicry of Meshuggah, or even the likeminded Coprofago."

I am not sure how to argue this "Playing style is only similar during their earlier-mentioned Meshuggah breakdowns. " as it seems you are corroborating my point.

As for the eight strings, yes you are right, (maybe the reason I figured they were seven strings is because the guitar production sounded so limpdick lololol) but it is ridiculous to concede that all bands who use eight strings are not at fault for sounding the same; bands who chug away with the exact same distorted bass tone as their obvious idols in Meshuggah. Their strings are not making them play polyrhythms and start-stops identical to another band's. Ion Dissonance and even FellSilent like you mentioned sound vastly different from meshuggah. Sorry buddy, After The Burial are a narcoleptic photocopier of a band.

14 years ago @ hearwax - BTBAM Post Obfuscation · 0 replies · +1 points

most of the problems that were glaring in the live version are gone in a studio context

14 years ago @ hearwax - Converge Post Another ... · 0 replies · +1 points

ok, fine guys, I concede

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