but at least he's not a nazi I'm pretty sure

Album Rating: 4.0

I can’t believe I slept on this band for so long. I listened to The Destroyers Of All when it was released and enjoyed it, but never really kept track of their releases. I’ve been binging their discography for the past week and it’s just consistently high quality. The guitars are so high fidelity, it almost sounds like they record a dozen low gain guitar tracks on top of each other. Personal opinion but I think TDOA has the best drum sound on account of the tuned up snare, which has slightly more dynamics than subsequent albums (there’s more attack when he steps on it). If you were to tell me he sound replaced the drums on Stare Into Death, it wouldn’t surprise me as the snare sounds quite uniform. Fantastic band, the most fun I’ve had going through a back catalogue in a long, long time.

Ps Vermis is the slight wildcard for me. I think it’s right up there with their best material, even though it’s slightly lower rated on here.

Album Rating: 5.0

They don't use triggered drums either on record or live, Jamie just plays really cleanly

Album Rating: 5.0

Who's showing up on friday?

Album Rating: 4.5

"They don't use triggered drums either on record or live"

Jamie's amazingly clean and nuanced, but I'd be shocked if the kicks aren't triggered. that's pretty standard at the tempos he's playing so it doesn't turn into a muddy mess.

Album Rating: 5.0

Gud band gud musick

Album Rating: 5.0

Ulcerates set was basically a very long drum solo

I get the same feeling listening to JSM drumming as when listening to like, really lavish classical pieces

Album Rating: 5.0

“They don't use triggered drums either on record or live”



Yeah they do lmao what are you talking about

Album Rating: 5.0

Thought I read that in some interview but could well be wrong

Album Rating: 4.0

I’m not even talking about the kickdrums so much, because there’s just no way they aren’t triggered, but the snare sounds sampled i.e. replaced after recording. If you listen, every snare hit sounds identical; at no point can you hear him stepping on it in the same way you can an album like TDOA. What makes this stand out more to me is the sound quality of the toms, which are really dynamic and organic sounding during fills in contrast to the snare runs. It’s ultimately a minor thing, but the fact that every album of theirs has a different drum sound and drum mix leads me to believe that it’s not something they’re fully satisfied or in agreement with yet (their drummer said the ‘muddiness’ Of Vermis was a reaction to TDOA, for example). The guitar tones on the other hand are absolutely top tier across the board and really set them apart from other bands (Listen to how amazingly clear and high fidelity the guitars sound in the intro to ‘There is no horizon’!).

Album Rating: 4.5

I kind of enjoy every album being mixed a little differently. each has more of its own personality that way.

Album Rating: 4.0

That’s a fair point. The only album I think could genuinely do with a remaster is Shrines Of Paralysis, which has a number of instruments fighting for the same sonic space, specifically the low tuned snare Vs. everything mid range and lower! I’m a relative newcomer to their music but it wouldn’t surprise me at all if their best is yet to come.

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

yea Shrines prod made it the hardest album for me to engross myself in, but after all this time I've come to enjoy SOP as much as the rest of their discography. I hear SOP's vinyl version has superior mixing and mastering compared to the original but I've yet to hear it.

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

and Vermis owns, my second favorite after EiF

Album Rating: 3.5

Shrines has their worst production, but some of their best songs.

Album Rating: 4.5

chasm 👏 of 👏 fire

Album Rating: 3.5

I need to listen to that monster of an album again. In fact, i should just jam their discography, its been a long time.

Album Rating: 5.0

chasm 👏 of 👏 fire [2]

Album Rating: 4.0

There are so many memorable little motifs on this album. The clean section in Visceral Ends before the first heavy riff kicks in is so well done. How do they play some of this live? I can hear at least 3 guitar parts in some sections.