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I'm hearing tons of awesome melodies, but they'd be more effective if they were more audible. So what's his best album that has better production?
I'm hearing tons of awesome melodies, but they'd be more effective if they were more audible.
Yes. The guitar tone and the production on the second, thrid and fourth Graveland albums sucks. There is also some very sloppy playing on these discs. They are still worth getting though especially Immortal Pride which is AWESOME!
As far as other albums I think you'd love Carpathian Wolves which while the production is raw it fits the music perfectly. Excellent black metal. I actually haven't heard the last few Graveland albums but plan on buying them ASAP. Creed of Iron and Memory and Destiny have much better guitar tone and production than the earlier albums and they are both excellent. The Impaler's Wolves EP is also excellent.
I don't get what is so special about Graveland.
You have to enlighten yourself. Good luck with that.Enlighten me.
I'm hearing tons of awesome melodies, but they'd be more effective if they were more audible. So what's his best album that has better production?
The demo era and the debut (In the Glare of Burning Churches, The Celtic Winter and Carpathian Wolves) all have a fairly standard raw approach, not dissimilar from the Norwegian classics. I doubt you'd have any problems with the production here.
The following three albums are each Darken's most unique, stylistically and production-wise - there's really nothing out there that sounds much at all like them. Avoid Following the Voice of Blood for now, it's his least accessible and the production is certainly an acquired taste. I love it.
The 2000 onward era quite easily has the slickest, most polished production, but the style has also drastically changed. It's essentially Hammerheart worship, and it rules.
Get these for a decent overview:
The Celtic Winter and/or Carpathian Wolves
Immortal Pride
Creed of Iron and/or Dawn of Iron Blades
Progressive has the most variety & is usually the most interesting. I listen to a lot of instrumental progressive metal bands too.
Thrash is the best metal genre, tbh.
and symphony x clones, don't leave them out.You might find it most interesting but to say it is the most varied is complete bullshit.
For every Pain of Salvation, Koyaanisqatsy, and Mechanical Poet there are 5000 Dream Theater clones.
For every Pain of Salvation, Koyaanisqatsy, and Mechanical Poet there are 5000 Dream Theater clones.
In my possibly controversial opinion, progressive should be regarded as an element of music rather than a genre.
Not controversial at all IMO. I myself have said many times before that "progressive" is merely an attribute of a band's music rather than a distinct genre in itself. Dream Theater and Opeth are both considered "prog," yet both bands are obviously not the same subgenre of metal. Dream Theater would be progressive heavy metal/hard rock, and Opeth would be progressive extreme metal/melodeath. And there are "prog" bands out there that sound even less similar than those two.T
In my possibly controversial opinion, progressive should be regarded as an element of music rather than a genre.
I actually think that's a legitimate opinion, and really interesting. When you think about it, most prog metal bands utilize elements of more prominent genres.