yea dude that is a sick tone, i got the cd when it first came out cus my boy works for trustkill. when i put in that album for the first time and the intro riff came on, i received chills in my spine. had to be the work of mr andy. when i saw them play 2 months ago, they pulled everything off so perfectly. as a matter of fact, i never took them seriously because i didn't think they would deliver the way their records do, but they did, even the solos to the last note, with a few extra bonus notes!
i got a (stupid) question for andy or whoever can answer it. this is an awkward question and i don't even why i'm asking but pretty soon youll learn that i'm an odd/quirky guy as most of you guys are too. . whats up with the pinch harmonics? as i lay dying never tried to do the pinch vibrato thing (the really cool one that petrucci does all the time) until that album. then when they do it, it sounds awkward, even live. i beleive they do it ONCE in a song and thats it! perhaps they are one of those bands that arent SPECTACULAR at their instruments individually but when they gel together, all HELL breaks loose?
what did they also just quit doing dissonant chords? i think all these bands that were riding the wave of metalcore took that wave to the top and found themselves playing REAL metal shows, with REAL metal bands and now they are forced to grow their hair and play REAL metal songs, dropping the baby hardcore nonesense. its cool, i just observe and listen, i'm on neither side, i just love music, especially when you mix it just right in milk!
