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I said it before, I'll say it again (and again):
I looooooooooooooove KK's drumming. Not because his techniques, but because he's wild. He might disagree, but to me he's more Keith Moon than say Portnoy or Peart or Carey.
But I'm also completely happy with Tomas. He's amazing and perfect for this new MP era.
(I just wonder if I wouldn't know and someone would tell me that's Kenneth on The Crucible… would I really doubt it? Do we really hear what we think we hear?)
I'm with the Rat. It's like a clumsy draft for a text which, when finely tuned, might have evoked imageries as intended. But I know the difficulties since I myself write about music and always hope to avoid these traps. Sometimes you really struggle and would be better off keeping it very basic. I find this review not as annoying as what the writers for Spex magazine did way back when, when you could read 10 pages on an artist or an album and still have no idea what it was all about due to the writers' narcissism. At least this one here did focus on the subject at hand.
@pfnüsel
true :lol:
the aforementioned Hodja are on tour right now: http://www.hodjamusic.com/tour-dates/
don't really apply to the rules but I find these current bands amazing:
fave Sabbath album with my fave song: Vol 4
obviously
But I love all OzzySabbath albums except for Technical Ecstasy, except for "It's Allright". That one is a forgotten AOR classic.
I think so not because of his previous work, because honestly I wasn't aware of him until a couple of years ago. I stumbled upon him while looking for some production/mixing software to use for myself and there his name kept popping up. So I watched lots of his practical tips and also some "producer philosophy" speeches he made at workshops and such. And I immediately liked his approach and him as a person. Then heard he's onto working with Motorpsycho and I thought "Yes! Perfect match!"
@punij
No idea. I'm assuming after 30 years the band knows exactly what it wants and how it's done. BUT I also think Scheps is a total match and working with a perfectly matching engineer/producer/dude does influence the work very muchly, as in being together on the ride with the same goal.
So for this and considering his professional CV, I'd like to hear his views on the experience.
@neil tesor:
I understand where you're getting at but hm…. are you sure the real MP is the power trio? Isn't their trio outfit the rarest of them all? On most records and tours they had guests and collaborateurs. But maybe I get you wrong, you just want a pure no nonsense bass guitar drums record with or without guest muscicians. Gut feeling says this probably won't ever happen (anymore): too much gear lying around, too many ideas, too much thirst for exploring sonic landscapes.
what I'd like right now is something of an in depth making of documentary, the band and scheps in the studio. damn that would be brilliant.
Listening to Lux Aeterna right now. This is clearly a band having a blast in the studio, playing and producing and living their musicians' and band's lives. There is an obvious f yr expectations attitude going on, which is funny considering their devoted fanbase, which again allows them to do just that. A genuine give and take magic between band and fans.
I'd love to hear an Andrew Scheps aftermath interview. I guess he's quite happy with the outcome, too.
It's quite fun to read your reactions to Psychotzar and speculations about the rest of the album while I've heard that whole album already. Sometimes a song only really shines within the context of the whole album. Like I was a bit underwhelmed with ASFE at first but listening to it in The Tower's sequencing it rocked awesomely.
So Psychotzar… yup there is the Sab thing happening. But that's cool because it's not the usual stonerband vagueish Sweet Leaf ripoff, it's rather a show of understanding of how Sabbath worked and the knowledge of their lesser known songs and stylings. The dual stereo guitar solo is nothing short of brilliant. And then throwing some King Crimson in at around the 6:40 mark but then immediately making it their own thing. Love it.
All I'm saying is: Don't worry. It's a brilliant album. And the two other songs do go other places than the opening one.
Snah has a couple fantastic guitar-solos, especially the twin-guitar stuff in the 2nd half.
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btw if I may be so cheeky: that Radioeins link from anotheruglydemon tempted me to put your ears towards my little broadcastings: https://www.mixcloud.com/discoflu/ some Motorpsycho included, but no Crucible yet, obviously…
It's 3am and I just listened once through the whole album (lucky to have got a promo prerelease thingy).
And what can I say… Well I'm not going into any detail, you'd all want to approach it yrselves as fresh and unspoilered as possible I suppose. After one spin I'm more hooked than I was with The Tower's first impression. Ok that may be also because it's shorter and therefore easier to grasp. Then again these 3 behemoth "songs" are not easy to grasp at all after one spin either. There's a shitload to discover in many future spins which is always a thing to look forward to. As some rumours and early statements suggested, soundwise it's quite similar to The Tower but in terms of composition also a departure. This one is BOLD! I'm vague in my choice of words half on purpose, half at a loss of them. Death Defying Little Lucid Lark's Tongues do a Sabotaged Nursery Cryme is the best I can come up with.
And not one ounce of Rush. :mrgreen:
