Recent content by drawntoblack

Hate to go against the grain here but this is the dullest song from this band so far. It's pretty much a straight simple rock song with a tempo that's too slow for what it's trying to do. Filler track.

I think reactivation of Nevermore has more to do with finally enough time having passed where the brand can command a decently high price again than whatever epiphany Loomis had. I think he knew exactly what he was signing up for when he accepted the Arch Enemy gig. As for Nevermore, remember...

I'm not into these covers at all to be honest, but that vinyl looks awesome.

Terrible news, man was the soul of the 80s/90s Swedish metal scene. Today I'll relisten the debut Nightrage album that IMHO remains their best work by far, with Tompa on vocals.

Seriously, that AI-concocted lead tone is better than anything In Flames bensoned up in last 15 years.

I wasn't ready to enjoy that as much as I did

Southern/pantera riff in the middle with clean singing over it was interesting, gave me strong Dolving-era The Haunted vibes.

Autotune tariffs

New Killswitch is out.

This was probably posted at some point, I only stumbled upon it today. Some dude arranged a bunch of early In Flames stuff (up to Clayman) for an acoustic guitar, but it's actually done really well and he even tackled the solos and incorporated them tastefully.

Bonus track does nothing for me, probably the weakest and most predictable song on the album imho.

To latch onto Eochaid's post more than the OP itself here, I tend to enjoy memoirs/autobiographies quite a bit and admit I'm a sucker for tour stories and anecdotes. More importantly, I tend to enjoy the most the ones that are about the artists whose music I don't enjoy all that much. Reading...

That chick who did the violin cover is pretty cool, hearing it in that context really showcases how the composition itself could be done on violin or even keyboard/piano and you wouldn't be able to tell that it came from guitar originally. I know nothing about the guy but I would be willing to...

Well, that song was already on their demo. Then they brought the dude in for the EP and he added the solo and they re-recorded the song (and the rest of the demo tracks) for the EP. Then he left the band and the band recorded their debut LP and recorded the same song for the third time, this...