Brooks
Eyes Wide Open
Yeah, Randy, who got his ass kicked by his own bassist.
I am liking this album more and more as I listen to it. I liked it at first, then I lost a bit of interest when I realized that the album was sort of creatively lacking. They've become comfortable with their sound, and thus shortened things and focused a bit writing better 'songs.' It still sounds more 'Roadrunner' than any of their previous albums--there are more Hatebreed riffs on this one than ever before....
Also, I think the production is just too modern for them; I really liked the raw drum sounds sounds of their first two. Mario's a great drummer, and the huge sampled snare doesn't do his style justice in my opinion, especially when he does his 'minimal-floating' beat which I loved so much on previous albums.
The new one is just so much safer than previous albums. But it is growing on me now, even though it's still probably my least favorite Gojira album. So far.
I am liking this album more and more as I listen to it. I liked it at first, then I lost a bit of interest when I realized that the album was sort of creatively lacking. They've become comfortable with their sound, and thus shortened things and focused a bit writing better 'songs.' It still sounds more 'Roadrunner' than any of their previous albums--there are more Hatebreed riffs on this one than ever before....
Also, I think the production is just too modern for them; I really liked the raw drum sounds sounds of their first two. Mario's a great drummer, and the huge sampled snare doesn't do his style justice in my opinion, especially when he does his 'minimal-floating' beat which I loved so much on previous albums.
The new one is just so much safer than previous albums. But it is growing on me now, even though it's still probably my least favorite Gojira album. So far.