The Faceless - Akeldama

[Remy_5150]

www.myspace.com/thefaceless

A friend gave me a copy of their CD, it is amazing...great songwriting, great productions, great riffs.....the coolest part is that the band produced, mixed, and mastered the whole thing. The three songs on their myspace are the first three songs on the album.

 

[chuck1703]

Yeah I'm familar with the bands work, very good indead.

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

I saw them live a month or two ago and was very impressed. IMO their songs are not the greatest rock songs of all time, but you have to be impressed with their technical achievement.

 

[JeffTD]

I saw them 3-4 months ago, talked with the guitarists a bit - awesome guys, super tight live, good songwriting.

Put on an awesome show, too! \m/ Their drummer is a god.

 

[ptgeek911]

I know/knew the dudes. The main guitarist is Mike Keene who is total arrogant asshole. The original drummer on that cd was Brent Bratdorf, who in my opinion is better than their current drummer. Mike Sherer is the keyboard player, and is treated like shit, while he remains the coolest dude in the band. Personally I think the second guitarist is more amazing than Mike (having heard them jam a few times) and he's only 18!

 

[Aaron Smith]

I like The Faceless a lot, I've always thought it was kind of a cross between Necrophagist (which is a pretty big achievement) and something more hardcore-ish. Really cool songs. As already mentioned, the production is good, and quite appropriate sounding for the band...but for me it's another one of those situations where I can hear it from a listener's perspective and say "Yeah, I like the production", but if it were me mixing something, I don't think I would be as happy. It's weird how being the listener or the engineer can make such a big difference.

 

[musickey]

GODDAMN THATS FUCKIN BRUTAL!

 

[Wolfeman]

Their drummer left the band yesterday. He is going to play for TBDM....

 

[Downtime]

Yeaaah, The Faceless kick ass... I allready integrated "An Autopsy" in my Guitar Hero 2... nice one to suck on.
I didn´t knew that they produced it themselves, that makes me feel even smaller (as I´m playing guitar and producing our stuff myself, too)... especially concerning this number "18....." (atriculation: eiiiiighteeeeeeeen, whoa, dude...)!

Seb

 

[VH100R]

their production sounds very good.

I have to give them credit. nice songs + great production.

any one have any info on what it was used in this record?

 

[CJWall]

i never totally liked the production on this CD. the songs and performances are really good, but the mix seems lacking.

 

[Downtime]

but the mix seems lacking.

What do you mean in special?

 

[deanbailey]

@VH100R: Keene's studio in the top friends list.
http://www.myspace.com/keenemachinestudios

Picture from the profile, dunno if they used these

 

[Remy_5150]

yeah, they used Line6 heads live when I saw them last month

 

[Downtime]

yeah, they used Line6 heads live when I saw them last month

That´s a surprise for me, the last time I saw Line 6 amps on stage was at a show of the danish Illdisposed... and that sound sucked big time, sounded like some bad transistor being killed be another bad transistor or something like that. Do you remember which Line 6 Amps and boxes they used?

 

[deanbailey]

they must love their line 6, Vetta II, HD 147, pod XT live

 

[Downtime]

line 6, Vetta II, HD 147, pod XT live

too much stuff with too less tubes for me on this one

 

[Remy_5150]

they actually sounded really good live with that setup, I was impressed

 

[Downtime]

they actually sounded really good live with that setup, I was impressed

I really whish they´d come over in the near future, now there are even more reasons to see them live...

 

[CJWall]

What do you mean in special?

don't know if it's the guitar tone, or how the drums sound a bit too squashed and flat..

just not my cup 'o tea.