Charred Walls of the Damned

[Jind]

I try to keep up on happenings in the metal world, but somehow I missed this one until my new issue of Guitar World arrived today and low and behold in the "Tune-Ups" section they had a profile of a new project of Richard Christy, drummer for Control Denied, Death, and Iced Earth, as well as being part of the Howard Stern show. It's called "Charred Walls of the Damned" and it includes himself (guitar/drums), producer Jason Suecof (guitars), well known bassist Steve DiGiorgio, and Tim "Ripper" Owens on vocals - sort of a heavy metal super-group of sorts.

As described by Seucof in the article "it sounds like the soundtrack to Richard's brain, which would be Amon amarth mixed with King diamond, Coheed and Cambria, and John Carpenter". Personally - I sort of like it.

You can see and hear the first song in this video for "Ghost Town"

 

[StoneLord]

Good stuff.

 

[The-Zeronaut]

wow
i really like it
thanks for posting it !!!

 

[DreamNeonBlack]

Already ordered it from Amazon. Should arrive any day now.

I can't wait, the samples I've heard I've liked.

 

[NicholasDWolfwood]

DiGiorgio rips it up here. Everybody does, really, and thankfully Christy isn't being annoying by playing all sorts of little accents on the symbols (like on The Sound of Perseverance)

 

[monolithsound]

I picked this up on tuesday....it's awesome.

 

[Executioner213]

DiGiorgio rips it up here. Everybody does, really, and thankfully Christy isn't being annoying by playing all sorts of little accents on the symbols (like on The Sound of Perseverance)

I don't know why thats such a big complaint with folks for TSOP, considering he's doing it over weird, almost-improv, dangerously close to fusion random parts that otherwise would sound half-assed if they didn't have some play over it. Otherwise, he's as solid as they come. Nobody seemed to whine too much about The Fragile Art Of Existence, where his 'play' is even more sporatic...and all his Iced Earth and Burning Inside shit just went under the radar? He's not doing anything more off the wall than Sean Reinert or even Gene Hoglan did in Death...so I really don't get it.

 

[Jind]

Already ordered it from Amazon. Should arrive any day now.

I can't wait, the samples I've heard I've liked.

I ordered as soon as I saw the video - can't wait for it to arrive.

 

[Jind]

I'll tell you what - Ripper Owens can still pardon the pun, rip it up - that man's got a set of lungs on him. Could not really deal with him as the singer for Judas Priest or even Iced Earth for that matter (those two jobs seem better suited to the men known for them), but a lot like Blayze Baily (who I don't think anyone could stand when he was in Iron Maiden) his other work or solo work are both great. Blaze Bayley has a new disc coming out (this coming week) that I can't wait to here as i really liked his newest one "The Man Who Would Not Die" and the live disc he released last year "The Night That Will Not Die". While it took me a while to really come to appreciate both of them, I tend to like them more as time goes on.

 

[NicholasDWolfwood]

I don't know why thats such a big complaint with folks for TSOP, considering he's doing it over weird, almost-improv, dangerously close to fusion random parts that otherwise would sound half-assed if they didn't have some play over it. Otherwise, he's as solid as they come. Nobody seemed to whine too much about The Fragile Art Of Existence, where his 'play' is even more sporatic...and all his Iced Earth and Burning Inside shit just went under the radar? He's not doing anything more off the wall than Sean Reinert or even Gene Hoglan did in Death...so I really don't get it.

I just think that my biggest problem with TSOP in general is that the songwriting is not cohesive. Far too much wank and little substance imo. The Fragile Art had a lot better songwriting imo, even though they were both written generally around the same time.

And perhaps it isn't what he's playing on TSOP, but the tone of his kit (specifically the tinny-ness of the cymbals) that irritate me.

 

[Metaltastic]

I just think that my biggest problem with TSOP in general is that the songwriting is not cohesive. Far too much wank and little substance imo. The Fragile Art had a lot better songwriting imo, even though they were both written generally around the same time.

And perhaps it isn't what he's playing on TSOP, but the tone of his kit (specifically the tinny-ness of the cymbals) that irritate me.

I have to agree - I used to dig TSoP a shitload when I was in high school, but I came back to it semi-recently and find I feel like I've kinda grown out of it, cuz a lot of why I liked it so much was the wowness factor of all the crazy shit going on (which now just kinda makes me roll my eyes). It still has tons of awesome moments, but as a whole I still like Symbolic and ITP way more (still need to get Human)

 

[NicholasDWolfwood]

I have to agree - I used to dig TSoP a shitload when I was in high school, but I came back to it semi-recently and find I feel like I've kinda grown out of it, cuz a lot of why I liked it so much was the wowness factor of all the crazy shit going on (which now just kinda makes me roll my eyes). It still has tons of awesome moments, but as a whole I still like Symbolic and ITP way more (still need to get Human)

It's the same way for me. When I first got into extreme metal in junior high, TSOP wowed me because of everything that they were doing technical wise. Since then, I've come to appreciate songwriting a lot more. If it's a good song that happens to be technical, fair game. But wanking just to play technical riffs (like in the case of most modern tech dm bands) doesn't wow me anymore, it just makes me yawn.

 

[Metaltastic]

Same dude, really not too crazy about tech death myself! (Necrophagist, for example - however, some call Decapitated tech-death, which IMO is a bit of a misnomer, but either way I love them )

 

[NicholasDWolfwood]

I mean I listen to some tech death - Gorguts, Ulcerate, Portal and Deathspell Omega are pretty much tech death in a black metal aesthetic, Origin, Cryptopsy..but I really am not a big fan of bands like Necrophagist, Obscura, Spawn of Possession, Psycroptic, etc