Midas
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I'm inclined to agree. I do think it is cool to find these however.
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I'm inclined to agree. I do think it is cool to find these however.
Dismiss the Cynic... A great song. Another example of riff similar to ASOP riffs, sounding good on RTR but weak on ASOP.
Let's play with this song:
- Cut the opening riff in half
- Ditch the melody
- Ditch the mumbling part
- Change verse singing for whiny autotune shit with bad vocal melody
- Fill the chorus with idotic lyrics and bad singing
- Get rid of the whole acoustic-effects-melody-solo section and replace it with 15 seconds of random wah soloing
- Get rid of the epic sounding last chorus
Aaaand there you have it, an SC or Battles era song.
Let's play with this song:
- Cut the opening riff in half
- Ditch the melody
- Ditch the mumbling part
- Change verse singing for whiny autotune shit with bad vocal melody
- Fill the chorus with idotic lyrics and bad singing
- Get rid of the whole acoustic-effects-melody-solo section and replace it with 15 seconds of random wah soloing
- Get rid of the epic sounding last chorus
Aaaand there you have it, an SC or Battles era song.
ThePhobiac
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The really funny thing about IF being really lazy is that I'm pretty sure Anders records every chorus separately. He doesn't just record it once and copy and paste it throughout each song. He actually records each chorus which is awesome. I find that amusing.
ThePhobiac
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He started doing that on recent albums, yeah, or at least it's been more apparent to me. I think every song on Siren Charms - and SOAPF, I believe - has a slight variation in each chorus, which I definitely like.
I don't think that's the case in "Through My Eyes", however. He does this weird tongue-roll thing when he sings "different" that is noticeable in each chorus, haha. So I think there's definitely some copy-paste going on there. =P
I don't think that's the case in "Through My Eyes", however. He does this weird tongue-roll thing when he sings "different" that is noticeable in each chorus, haha. So I think there's definitely some copy-paste going on there. =P
TheJestersDoor
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Those riffs sound great 
Edit: I don't know what Bjorn is getting at by saying playing in C makes them lazy... their guitars are tuned the same way as Drop D tuning, but 2 steps lower. It's a common style of tuning but just in a different key.
Edit: I don't know what Bjorn is getting at by saying playing in C makes them lazy... their guitars are tuned the same way as Drop D tuning, but 2 steps lower. It's a common style of tuning but just in a different key.
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only4theweak187
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In the ASOP documentary in the booth Anders said "we're recording the chorus a few times instead of just using the same take over and over"
Can hear clearly on Fear Is The Weakness that each chorus is different. Progressively harsher screams each time
Can hear clearly on Fear Is The Weakness that each chorus is different. Progressively harsher screams each time
Midas
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I love things like this. Björn is a genius. I have to revisit my review and give proper praise to the actual crafting of the music, something I admittedly forgot.
Also, give me 2 of your (all of you guys) absolute favorite In Flames songs. (Feel free to PM or leave them here.)
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Well they're not so good, not so bad either. Maybe meh for me. But I have to listen them in actual songs for decide.
Hmm favorite songs.. One of them is Deliver Us for sure. Awesome track. I have too much options for second one but I'll probably go with The Mirrors Truth.
ThePhobiac
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Hm. I'll have to revisit their early-to-mid albums again and listen to the choruses, then. I was just thinking of songs like "Vacuum" in which I'm pretty sure the choruses are copy-pasted, whereas I don't think that's the case in, like, "Gyroscope". Not like I'm saying it's a bad thing. I'm guilty of copy-paste in my own recordings! =P
Bjorn always struck me as a guy who knows how to play and how to write music, but doesn't know how to explain his process. I'm sort of like that, myself, so I don't hold it against him. Like, I'm awful at remembering the names of chords. A lot of it is just a matter of feeling.
As for my two favorite songs... They change pretty much all the time. These days my two biggest go-tos are "Lord Hypnos" and "Siren Charms". The first has some of the strongest melodies IF has written, great lyrics, and a godlike bridge. The second has fantastic atmosphere, a laid-back but unsettling mood that I think is awesome, and one of my favorite IF choruses ever. It's also one of my favorite IF songs to play.
Top two songs...hmm, that's not easy. I think I might say Satellites and Astronauts and Take This Life. Though you could probably put in Zombie, Inc., Ordinary Story, or System and I'd be ok with that. Maybe A New Dawn. I'm positive my top two would be in this set of six. The intro to Minus is really good too. Sorry for being difficult
only4theweak187
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Looking at comments from the IF fanpage on FB from people who listened to the full album yesterday. They all say that if you didnt like SC then you wont like Battles. They also say that Battles is a slightly heavier and happier version of SC.
Midas
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You got a PM. Not sure if I agree with those fellas. I mean it is likely that one won't like it, but people are different, I say give it a try. An album isn't much...
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