FIRST IMPRESSIONS, cont'd.
it sounds a lot like a bunch of fairly old people who were once in at the gates, but have not been for a very long time, sat down and thought hard about what they recall at the gates probably sounded like back in the day and then did their best to mimic that
and they would have sat down with their guitars, self-editing and second-guessing, constantly trying real hard to think in AT THE GATES MODE. they would have had to consciously steer away from whatever other tricks they had learned since 1996, whatever changed about their personalities, their musical ideals, and so forth
and yes! now there's a little riff that is kind of like the one in the old songs, you know the one, and didn't we sometimes have a clean guitar part like this? and yes this solo is kind of like the one in XYZ and this instrumental is kind of like "the scar" right? and see, we got tremolo riffs (we used to have those in 1993, remember?) so this is TOTALLY NOT just a less catchy/more pretentious sots rehash guys.
so it sounds like self-tribute and repetition and nostalgia. it doesn't sound like purity of vision or anger or enthusiasm.
it sounds a lot like $$$ DOLLAR SIGNS $$$ appearing in the hungry eyes of century media execs from people mashing the purchase button to
buy the same fucking album in five different lp colours for $100 american. sold out.
