Album Rating: 3.8

Everything is better with rawer production tbh.

Album Rating: 2.5

Yeah, I think it would too. It’s quite technical and some clarity is welcome but this is too clean and clinical for me. Not expecting it to sound like it was recorded on a potato in Varg’s basement but the balance isn’t optimal. It doesn’t have to be one extreme or the other

Album Rating: 3.8

A good balance between the two would be perfect yeah. Thats the kind of production I prefer on any album tbh. Though I do love super lofi stuff also.

Album Rating: 4.5

No balance, either this or Akitsa

Album Rating: 4.0

I think a less squeaky production job would put this over the top too. Seems like a missing piece. Not lofi but maybe a nice upper mid-fi. But they've always been a band that sought out the most modern, cleanly produced recording possible, so this tracks.

Album Rating: 4.5

Raw production is better on average but the best "clean" production is better than the best raw production.



It's easier (or at least more common) to have decent-to-great raw production than it is to have excellent clean production that isn't sterile.

Album Rating: 4.5

I demand more brickwalled production

The world simply doesn't understand

Album Rating: 4.0

Idk there’s a certain charm to heavy music with twinges of breakup and distortion that isn’t so dressed up and perfect. I’ve wanted more and more of that, the older I get. Modern metal drum sounds are especially in a bad place, on average. And that direct to laptop shit is for the birds.

Poon Stealer

Album Rating: 2.5

poon feeler… shirley?

Album Rating: 4.5

Men Healer

Album Rating: 3.0

We should call Erik Rutan to do a remaster

Album Rating: 3.5

My biggest personal issue with DM arises again. I listen to a new release, enjoy it, and then completely drop it. These sorts of albums struggle to have any lasting impact on me.

Album Rating: 3.0

lol, the band's artist pic on spotify is pretty funny

Album Rating: 3.5

"Raw production is better on average but the best "clean" production is better than the best raw production."



i think this is true in a vacuum but when it comes to metal i def think this depends on the band



like the last btbam album has super similar production to this and i think it works much better there for a variety or reasons... their arrangements are a bit more streamlined even though the song structures are chaotic/drug out, lots of clean vox / effects on the vox, lots of slower/quieter moments and so on. the band's adhd songwriting both distracts / benefits from the super clean production job.



this album on the other hand... the arrangements are very proggy but not in the "unified" way most other metal albums with this sorta production tend to be, and the vocals are very straightforward dm vox. the band overall is basically hitting the same vibes and dynamics etc. the entire runtime. think this album would've benefitted from a more "aesthetic" production job that required the listener to peel back the layers a bit more.

Album Rating: 2.5

your mistake is listening to BTBAM in the first place

Album Rating: 2.5

“My biggest personal issue with DM arises again. I listen to a new release, enjoy it, and then completely drop it. These sorts of albums struggle to have any lasting impact on me“



This is a problem with most music for me. Only a small % is retrained beyond the initial liking of it (if it gets to that stage). This is fine and just part of the overall journey / process or whatever. I do drop quite a high % of DM these days though, so I’m trying to be more selective

Album Rating: 3.5

"your mistake is listening to BTBAM in the first place"



even worse, i'm seeing btbam live two nights in a row this weekend

Album Rating: 3.5

Girl….

Album Rating: 3.0

"Unleashing a relentless fusion of hardcore and death metal with the precision guitar attack of progressive metal, Job for a Cowboy was formed in Glendale, Arizona in 2002. Everyone is now sad and scared."