There are plenty here that I need to discover as well!
The ones here that I especially recommend are:
Metal Church - Metal Church
Samael - Ceremony of Opposites
Nocturnus - The Key
Sarcófago - The Laws of Scourge

Written by F3ynman on 01.05.2022 at 00:58

There are plenty here that I need to discover as well!
The ones here that I especially recommend are:
Metal Church - Metal Church
Samael - Ceremony of Opposites
Nocturnus - The Key
Sarcófago - The Laws of Scourge

Hi, thanks for the response. I can try to even prioritize these, it's just that it's gonna have to wait till tomorrow because I'm finishing listening to Allegaeon's Damnum now and I've got to sleep after.

Written by Qualeen on 01.05.2022 at 01:10

Written by F3ynman on 01.05.2022 at 00:58

There are plenty here that I need to discover as well!
The ones here that I especially recommend are:
Metal Church - Metal Church
Samael - Ceremony of Opposites
Nocturnus - The Key
Sarcófago - The Laws of Scourge

Hi, thanks for the response. I can try to even prioritize these, it's just that it's gonna have to wait till tomorrow because I'm finishing listening to Allegaeon's Damnum now and I've got to sleep after.

No need to hurry - no Rush! I've got to sleep too. See you tomorrow!

What did you think of Purgatory Afterglow?

Written by F3ynman on 27.03.2023 at 00:15

What did you think of Purgatory Afterglow?

Really good stuff. I loved "Twilight". Where Opeth used to mix death metal elements with acoustic features, on this album Edge of Sanity do a similar thing but with melodeath (before melodeath was really a thing, as far as I know) instead, apparently. It's insane how good the melodies are on this. Production was also very much fine for an album from the early 90's. It's a 9 for me for now!

Written by Qualeen on 27.03.2023 at 00:31

Written by F3ynman on 27.03.2023 at 00:15

What did you think of Purgatory Afterglow?

Really good stuff. I loved "Twilight". Where Opeth used to mix death metal elements with acoustic features, on this album Edge of Sanity do a similar thing but with melodeath (before melodeath was really a thing, as far as I know) instead, apparently. It's insane how good the melodies are on this. Production was also very much fine for an album from the early 90's. It's a 9 for me for now!

I recommend you listen to this super interesting interview of Dan Swanö. There are some interesting insights into his projects over the years, including anecdotes about his job mixing the first two Dissection albums. Concerning Opeth and melodies, here are some highlights:

At 1:33:49 Dan says that he was "blown away" when he heard how well Mikael Akerfeldt could growl on Orchid. He points out that since both he and Mikael first learned to sing very good clean vocals, their growling still retains that singing melody; it's not just senseless gutturals - beneath it there's still the melody.

At 1:37:05 Dan also points out the difference between his switching between clean and growling vocals and the way that metalcore does it: "We were doing the verses for the girls and the choruses for the guys. All the other bands were doing it the other way around." So he means that he could do the in-between verses with clean vocals but then save the growling for the recurring chorus.

Written by F3ynman on 27.03.2023 at 02:37

I recommend you listen to this super interesting interview of Dan Swanö. There are some interesting insights into his projects over the years, including anecdotes about his job mixing the first two Dissection albums. Concerning Opeth and melodies, here are some highlights:

Wow, thanks for sharing! This really seems like it's gonna be tons of fun watching. Dan is the man... alongside the other projects he worked on that you mentioned, he also engineered Katatonia's Brave Murder Day and Bloodbath's Nightmares Made Flesh. He's a champ for that.