When bands re-record themselves...

[canuck brian]

Anthrax re-recording all the old stuff with John Bush sounded pretty good. I still preferred the original tracks, but it was nice to hear his take on it.

Didn't Suicidal Tendencies re-do their entire first album?

 

[decypher]

Original


Rerecording




Original wins!

 

[Splenetic]

I ADORE the original cut, I can BARELY TOLERATE the remaster

HEAR HEAR! ....Totally with ya there. I still occasionally put on the remaster, but then 2 songs into it, I'm switchin to the original.





OH, Another terrible downright REMAKE ... Dimmu Borgir's STORMBLAST. So unneccessary and shite compared to the original. (Though I find myself rarely even listening to this band these days anymore.)

 

[Splenetic]

PS. Nemesis Divina remake? Are we listening to the same album? That album sounds killer, to this day. In fact the Satyricon albums that followed couldn't hold a candle to that masterpiece even production wise.

 

[guitareben]

Meshuggah's Nothing was just SO much better when it was re-recorded.... SO SO much better

So if it's done well... yea sure

 

[Winspear]

I often like it because I like polished mixes...however,
Dream Theaters Images and Words.
I swear all they did was remove the cheesy 80's triggered snare. Completely removed the character from the album, that snare made the album

 

[AdamMaz]

I would not have gotten into Destruction had it not been for this album full of modern re-recordings. The originals sound terrible.

 

[Gabe_LTD]

After The Burial re-released Rareform with a new master and Anthony's vocals. Personally, the new mix sounds too good to me.

I couldn't Agree more

After The Burial destroyed Rareform. The vocalist of Rareform was to me, 100 times better than the new vocalist. The newest mix, was also way to "poppy" for the genre. Cursing Akenhaten was much more balanced on the original, as was the entire album.

They should of left it alone, and just released a new album.

I feel the complete opposite, I actually Did not enjoy After the burial's old singer at all.
I find his screams tolerable, but in my opinion I didn't think he was that great.
His screams felt weak and Raspy to me.

But to each is own I guess

They should really re-record Cynic's album Focus. I love that album but it would be a lot more clear what exactly is going on if they recorded it properly.

Cynic should really do this, focus is phenomenal album but the recording felt too " lo-fi" for me.

 

[linchpin]

I often like it because I like polished mixes...however,
Dream Theaters Images and Words.
I swear all they did was remove the cheesy 80's triggered snare. Completely removed the character from the album, that snare made the album

I know what you mean... I hope the same thing doesn't happen to St. Anger... love that snare

 

[canuck brian]

I know what you mean... I hope the same thing doesn't happen to St. Anger... love that snare

They removed the triggered snare!?! Blasphemy!!

(no really, blasphemy! We tried to get that snare sound for an entire day in the studio in 1997.)

 

[revlover]

Amazed no one has mentioned Exodus yet...

I love both versions but lately the Re-recorded one has been my "go to" Exodus record (blasphemy?).

Yes, a lot of people think it is blasphemy, especially since Baloff is not on this album. I don't share this opinion but I still think the original is a better experience. The new version is soundwise on a different level (originally recorded in -85) but the energy and enthusiasm of the original is hard to beat.

 

[Konfyouzd]

Redoing Enemies of Reality was a necessity.

Although that may have just been remastered.

 

[ilyti]

Not very good, but listenable:

Remastered. TERRIBLE. Absolutely unlistenable.

Original: Pretty decent, but ergh, that singer:


Re-recorded and performed live with James LaBrie from start to finish, so made BETTER.

 

[Static]

Nevermore's "Enemies of reality"Origin's "Antitheses" and Anata's "the infernal depths of hatred" album should be re-recorded.

 

[Quitty]

Cynic should really do this, focus is phenomenal album but the recording felt too " lo-fi" for me.

They did.
It went from being a musically intense 'sterile' sounding album to being a, well, musically intense 'sterile' sounding album with Portal's EP tacked on to the end

I mean, i dig Portal and i've learned a lot from Cynic - but the remix was redundant.

 

[JStraitiff]

Dream theater - When Dream and Day Unite (Not a fan of this album)
Nevermore - Enemies of reality (This one is awesome)
Avenged Sevenfold - Sounding of the Seventh Trumpet (This album sucked no matter how you remaster it)

 

[piggins411]

I'd love for BTBAM to do a re-record of their self-titled. I'm not a huge fan of it, but I feel like a re-record would do it well

 

[Djent]

I think the original version of Nothing sounds more aggressive. Something about low tunings on low scales, actual drums, and non-processed vocals.

Brian Wilson's version of Smile is pretty awesome.

But the worst goes to when Ozzy reissued Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman with rerecorded drums and bass, and made no indication of it.

 

[Don Vito]

I'd love to hear this album re mastered or something...

Not the worst I've heard, but a little sloppy on some parts. The band probably wouldn't do to much justice re recording with it nowadays...

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Re-recorded and performed live with James LaBrie from start to finish, so made BETTER.