Scar Symmetry
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The mix on This Is Exile is actually superb.
Have you heard their most recent album Silhouettes? Biggest tone EVER.
Bands Whose Tone you like, But Don't Like Their Music? Or Like their Music, not tone?
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The mix on This Is Exile is actually superb.
Have you heard their most recent album Silhouettes? Biggest tone EVER.
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TheHandOfStone
E♭M7(♭5)
In Flames' oldest tones with their Valvestate 8100 heads are a little gritty for my tastes in places. An example would be the otherwise beautiful arpeggiated riffs in Moonshield (one of my favorite songs of all time, I'll have you know) that just sound like a wash of noise. When they're just playing power chords or third harmonies (read: most of the time 
), it works wonders for them.
Death on The Sound of Perseverance is an interesting duality for me. The rhythm tone =
, yet I actually like it when he switches over to lead. So many metal guys these days are going with smoother lead tones to contrast the cutting treble of their rhythm tones, but Chuck said "fuck that." It fits his leads too; shrill and piercing, as if screaming forth from the void before being choked off. It reminds me of the way Chuck died, actually: it wasn't pretty, yet he was full of edge and vitality to his last...oh God, I'm getting way too deep in all of this.
Decrepit Birth's tone frustrates me a little too. There are some br00tal passages that I wished used a little more gain; however, their more intricate chords and melodies benefit from less. Incidentally, I love this band (and the two before it) despite hating the tone in places. I guess it just goes to show you that content > tone (a classic manifestation of the "ideas" vs. "execution" debate) in the end, though they're both important.
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), it works wonders for them.Death on The Sound of Perseverance is an interesting duality for me. The rhythm tone =
, yet I actually like it when he switches over to lead. So many metal guys these days are going with smoother lead tones to contrast the cutting treble of their rhythm tones, but Chuck said "fuck that." It fits his leads too; shrill and piercing, as if screaming forth from the void before being choked off. It reminds me of the way Chuck died, actually: it wasn't pretty, yet he was full of edge and vitality to his last...oh God, I'm getting way too deep in all of this. Decrepit Birth's tone frustrates me a little too. There are some br00tal passages that I wished used a little more gain; however, their more intricate chords and melodies benefit from less. Incidentally, I love this band (and the two before it) despite hating the tone in places. I guess it just goes to show you that content > tone (a classic manifestation of the "ideas" vs. "execution" debate) in the end, though they're both important.
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Stealthdjentstic
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Cynic's mix/tone/production is absolute shit in focus. Its listenable but doesn't do the music justice.
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Such a strange numb
Dir en grey is awesome, but marrow of a bone was shit in terms of tone. Ryojoku no ame was fucking phenomenal though.
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Love Korn and Slipknot, never heard a tone from either that I've liked. I know Korn kinda have their own sound its supposed to be like that, but I don't like it The clean parts I like, but not the distortion.
The clean parts I like, but not the distortion.
synrgy
Ya ya ya I am Lorde
Love Korn and Slipknot, never heard a tone from either that I've liked. I know Korn kinda have their own sound its supposed to be like that, but I don't like it
Really? I can't listen to Slipknot's Iowa because the whole thing sounds like a big wall of white noise to me. You like that tone?
fretninjadave
Seven String Samurai
Metallica Has fuckin awesome tone but I dont particularly like them .
Jason Becker Is king But His tone could have used some work.
Jason Becker Is king But His tone could have used some work.
samurai7drew
Djent Junkie
Love Tone, Hate Music : Bury Your Dead - It's Nothing Personal
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troyguitar
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Criss Oliva's tone on a decent amount of old Savatage stuff is pretty bad (this is what happens when you use two SD-1's chained together ) but the music is so awesome that it doesn't matter.
) but the music is so awesome that it doesn't matter. Scar Symmetry
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Love Korn and Slipknot, never heard a tone from either that I've liked. I know Korn kinda have their own sound its supposed to be like that, but I don't like it
Really? I thought the Follow The Leader tone was sickkkkkk.
Attention skills again huh?
Scar Symmetry
Ex Whiny Bitch
That's easy.
As mentioned before, Pain of Salvation has the worst tones ever, which does not reduce their level of awesomeness. To a lesser extent, I'm not that excited about Children of Bodom's guitar tones either, even though I'm a diehard fan (well, at least I was until the latest 2 albums). And I'm not a fan of Adam Jones's tone on any of Tool's albums, save for 10,000 Days.
Someone recently posted a few Nickelback videos to show their amazing (yet, to some, not quite original) tone, even though they're so boring to my ears. Overall, mainstream American rock bands usually have great tones (albeit often not heavy), and I tend not to like them.
However, to me, the best example of a like the tone/don't like the music is Evergrey. I never really cared for the band, but their latest album has such an incredible tone that I often find myself listening to it just for the sake of those crushing 6505's/Invaders. Well, that and their kickass singer, too.
As mentioned before, Pain of Salvation has the worst tones ever, which does not reduce their level of awesomeness. To a lesser extent, I'm not that excited about Children of Bodom's guitar tones either, even though I'm a diehard fan (well, at least I was until the latest 2 albums). And I'm not a fan of Adam Jones's tone on any of Tool's albums, save for 10,000 Days.
Someone recently posted a few Nickelback videos to show their amazing (yet, to some, not quite original) tone, even though they're so boring to my ears. Overall, mainstream American rock bands usually have great tones (albeit often not heavy), and I tend not to like them.
However, to me, the best example of a like the tone/don't like the music is Evergrey. I never really cared for the band, but their latest album has such an incredible tone that I often find myself listening to it just for the sake of those crushing 6505's/Invaders. Well, that and their kickass singer, too.
Scar Symmetry
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Bodom's tone on Hate Crew Deathroll is pretty good
Bodom's tone on Hate Crew Deathroll is pretty good
I agree that it's their best album tonewise, but even then I don't think it does the music justice.
hypermagic
Fusion Neophyte
Love Dying Fetus but their tone sounds like it comes out a practice amp.
dexmix
enginerd
i love pantera's tone 
although it is retarded thin.
also i love white zombie's la sexorcisto album so much, but the tone is pretty weak and muffled compared to modern high gain amp tones.
point being, tone is so subjective... i think alot of 'bad' tones give bands character. *shrugs*
although it is retarded thin.also i love white zombie's la sexorcisto album so much, but the tone is pretty weak and muffled compared to modern high gain amp tones.
point being, tone is so subjective... i think alot of 'bad' tones give bands character. *shrugs*
