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ILJ
July 3rd 2013


6942 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

yeah but the difference is that the shitty production actually ruins this album

JesusaurusRex
July 4th 2013


64 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

" "The cd rip is really easy to find. You guys are awful at this."



It's a VO rip which is around 220kbps quality. In other words, it still sucks. The 320 one going round is a transcode, which basically means its 128kbps.



You're awful at this. And I've now lost interest in this album."



The VBR one sounds fine. It's infinitely better than the webrip that's been floating around, and the drop off from a legit 320 leak is negligible at best.



I don't get the hate on the production. The vocals and bass are mixed pretty high, but even onthe shitty speakers I've played it on nothing gets lost in the mix.

withateethuh
July 4th 2013


388 Comments


The production sounds pretty good from the the banshee video in high def, and thats with youtube compression. Though something about it is giving me a really hard late 90s/early 2000s atmosphere that I'm kinda digging. I can't pinpoint the technical aspects of sound mixing and production, but I can tell that some people would definitely dislike what I'm hearing.

Durrzo
July 4th 2013


3627 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Agreed that there are some lame vocal effects but I still think Jason is the best part of this release, the rest of them do alright but Jason is the only one that brought the energy from Fake History to this album. Still super pissed about this production. The guitars sound like absolute shit and the low end is way too loud. The drum bass may very well be the loudest thing on the album, except maybe the vocals.

Azn.
July 4th 2013


5632 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

Jason Butler is letlive. lol

Gwyn.
July 4th 2013


17270 Comments


He is the only remaining member from the original line up so pretty much

FearThyEvil
July 4th 2013


19400 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

good music can still be poorly produced. just sayin.



But this isn't good so what is your point?

Azn.
July 4th 2013


5632 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

but...it's good...

oltnabrick
July 4th 2013


41013 Comments


but but XD

Cygnatti
July 4th 2013


36394 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

agreed

FearThyEvil
July 4th 2013


19400 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

yeah, it's phenomenal

Digitalsea
July 4th 2013


5 Comments


I really do like this album, but I think next time you should seriously tone down the fanboyism though. Reviews are a funny thing, you want them to be personal but too personal and it becomes less about the music and record itself and more about your love for the band. I do agree that this is probably one of the best releases of 2013 though, it's certainly up there that's for sure.

ILJ
July 4th 2013


6942 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

so yeah got a hold of that v0 leak and you can tell it's genuine CD leak because Banshee has a few subtle differences.



the production really is pretty terrible. it's a bit better than that shitty youtube leak but not by much.

Scoot
July 4th 2013


24157 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

they'll probably rerelease this like they did with fake history



should have better production

Gwyn.
July 4th 2013


17270 Comments


Didn't the band itself produced this

Unless they hand out that mantle to someone who can do shit with production I don't see this aspect
improving much in other releases, which is really a bummer cause it makes everything worse

ILJ
July 4th 2013


6942 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

yeah honestly it ruins the album for me. i can tell it's good and i want to like it but i just can't get past this production. painful disappointment, never had an album ruined by sheer production quality.

TMobotron
July 4th 2013


7253 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

It's a VO rip which is around 220kbps quality. In other words, it still sucks.




Hmm? The V0 rip is ~280, which is pretty damn close and comparable to a 320. V0s are pretty sweet IMO, but whatev. Album still sucks either way.

iChuckles
Staff Reviewer
July 4th 2013


817 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"I really do like this album, but I think next time you should seriously tone down the fanboyism though. Reviews are a funny thing, you want them to be personal but too personal and it becomes less about the music and record itself and more about your love for the band. I do agree that this is probably one of the best releases of 2013 though, it's certainly up there that's for sure."



Alright man, thanks!

Artuma
July 4th 2013


32828 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Fake History >>>>>>>>>>

Azn.
July 4th 2013


5632 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

ILJ, on a popular leak out there, Banshee is a different quality than the rest of the album



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