MAJ Meadows SF
on a tone quest
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I also share these sentiments. I enjoyed this album but I feel that the drummer, while technically proficient, doesn't read the atmosphere and play a fitting groove in some of the contexts. It's over the top madness and I think the production of the drums lets him get away with it on record as the drums are ridiculously artificial sounding and oddly quiet in the mix. When I caught them live, the sound was all over the place since the drums were loud and overpowering everything else.
Compared to the EP and The Harvest Wombs, the drums on this one are the weakest. It's grown on me but I can see/hear where you guys are coming from. When I saw them in Greensboro, the venue was tiny so the drums weren't mic'd; it was actually well balanced from where I was standing. Room volume drums and guitars straight out of the cabinet balanced by the PA really sounded great. IF you were too far to one side you would miss the guitar opposite, but the drums didn't swallow everything up. I'd still like to see them in a bigger venue with proper acoustics for metal.