What makes the production of this album great is the foundation(drums) unlike the previous three records the "foundation" of this effort is really good, and this is crucial when it comes to making a record of high quality production-wise.
It sometimes frustrates me when all the instruments other then the drums sound good, I just can't stand it when the bass drums sound unstable, it just gets on my nerves sometimes.
To be completely honest, what ruined it for me on Mayh and still life and Blackwater Park to a certain degree was the drum production; all the other instruments I didn't really have a problem with but with the production of the drums I did. I mean don't get me wrong I think Martin Lopez is a terrific drummer, he has really great technique, I guess you could say its signiture because he has this certain way of hitting the drums and cymbols that other drummers don't, but the only real problem I had was the unstableness in the bass drums between MAYH and Blackwater Park.
So to me what makes the production of this realease great is the drums, they just sound really good, and due to this it makes a big general difference.
Its like I said in the past though. I think the not- so- great drum production on the first three releases with Lopez was intentional, because if you have ever heard Amon Amarth's "Once sent from the golden hall" Lopez's drumming was practicaly perfect and the bass drums were stable as could be, so how is it so that on that album the bass drums are really accurate and between Mayh and Blackwater Park there not? I don't know, but thats kind of suspicious to me. Maybe it was a money issue or lack of having a good producer, who knows?
Anyway like I sais before: Deliverance is an outstanding record and I believe with "Damnation"the best is yet to come.
