ArtHam
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Maybe not? I saw on the Alkaloid Facebook that more people already have it, seems like more preorders were sent out early.
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Europe peopleMaybe not? I saw on the Alkaloid Facebook that more people already have it, seems like more preorders were sent out early.
IM DYING TO LISTEN TO RISE OF THE CEPHALOPODS AAAAAAAAJust finished round 2 and 3.
Starting to feel they've definitely outclassed Malkuth Grimoire. This feels more extreme, stranger in places but also so much more competent and focused. Rise of the Cephalopods is a monster. The overall production is better than on Malkuth Grimoire. The bass is mixed better and everybody is playing better. The rhythm guitar work is as impressive as the solos. At the moment I think the best songs are As Decreed By Laws Unwritten, Rise of the Cephalopods and In Turmoil's Swirling Reaches. Almost all tracks are insanely proggy and filled with odd-time meters so I'm even happier there's a song like As Decreed By Laws Unwritten that's mostly designed to bang like a maniac and I love it more than I already did.
Agreed, it was probably due to the mix involving multiple instruments and having to sacrifice the bass in there :/Agreed, for that the guitars on Akroasis were a lot thinner, less beefy. Both albums were mixed by the same guy. Also there's no clean singing with Obscura, so I guess you lose some while gaining another. And creating a spot in the mix for all 3 guitarists must be difficult too.
Wow....hopefully I can do that someday. I only had some Skype lessons with Christian and Danny. Though that was cool too. It's funny how that came about because anytime I asked Christian about a part I loved he'd say: oh that wasn't me, that was Danny. And I'd never heard of him before. I was a bit skeptical when Christian said Danny is the best player he has ever heard, maybe he was just being nice. But then I saw Danny play the Hail Satan solo in one of the lessons and pretty much wanted to quit. He also did some Holdsworth stuff and showed me Spawn of Possession and gypsy jazz style things. Asked him to listen to something by Beyond Creation I wanted to learn and he listened maybe 2 times and just took his guitar and played it. Don't know how. I've been trying to schedule lessons with him again but his schedule seems to be full. Bummer. Though at least he still replies when I write him and ask something.
Now I know his style I can hear who plays what on the new album and it seems Danny plays the most solos. The coolest Christian solo was on Azagthoth, that was great. He also does a melody type thing on the outro of Cephalopods which is beautiful.
Yeah man, we're quite polar opposites on some points hahaSo funny, but I couldn't disagree with you more. Which is fine. How you can say As Decreed is too long where it only has killer parts but then rave on Cephalopods where literally nothing happens for the first 4 minutes en 2 minutes in the middle is beyond me. I think I'm more in line with this review: http://www.itdjents.com/reviews-2/review-alkaloid-liquid-anatomy/ though obviously I feel a 6 is way too low.
The reviewer almost hates this album, but the Morean tracks and Cephalopods in particular. Obviously I don't agree with that part, but I do feel Cephalopods is just long to be a long song. For me there's no reason why the intro should be almost as long as the entire Azagthoth song.
Once again shows how this band divides their fanbase. I felt Malkuth Grimoire had too much filler, was too long and the songwriting of Hannes and Christian is way too similar, hence lacking diversity. The Christian songs could be on Hannes albums and vice versa. Something tells me you have too much of a hard on for Christian and Hannes to hear how similar their writing often is when they write tech stuff. Though you dislike the title track which was written by Hannes and which he said was his favorite. I don't mean this as an attack obviously as we both love this band but for obviously different reasons. Malkuth for me had songs by three different writers but lacked cohesion -I struggle to find where you hear the in between things-, Liquid Anatomy has songs by 3 different writers and one song where they obviously collaborated making for one of the strongest songs 'In Turmoil's Swirling Reaches'.
So the way I would but both albums against each other is:
Kernel Panic is a better Carbon Phrases
As Decreed is a better Malkuth Grimoire
Azagthoth is about as good as Cthulhu
Liquid Anatomy is a better Organism
In Turmoil's Swirling Reaches is completely different than anything they've done so far.
The Dyson songs on this are more focused than the Dyson songs on Malkuth
Cephalopods is in its strong parts better than Funeral, but is just too long.
I really think LA is a stronger album than Malkuth. It may look like I dislike Malkuth but I love that one too. All IMHO of course, lest people get upset.