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Post by Stefvorcide on Sept 29, 2009 10:47:53 GMT -5
What are your thoughts on the album after more than 5 years??
I dug out the CD from my boxes, and first thing i remembered: BASS DRUM. it's fucking huge. I love how the drum in general sounds \m/
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Post by Joel Wanasek on Oct 6, 2009 10:52:16 GMT -5
The Assault.... its funny you mention that, if you only knew what I was working on right now. haha. Can't disclose though. Having recently listened to it, my thoughts are this: 1. I wish we could have found a singer with the voice we always wanted. We never did and didn't want a screamer. Lewie only sang cuz I couldn't and he was much better than I. So I regret that we never found the vocalist to do the music justice... and holy crap did we ever catch heat for it. We searched for 8 years, never found it. Then an amazing singer finally shows up at my studio one day, but he is a radio rock voice (you know what happened then). 2. My production sucked! Then again, it was the 1st album I ever made and the one I taught myself to record with. It took a long time to make that record and there was a lot of trial and error. Lots of hard lessons learned. 3. There are some parts/riffs ect I was just like... wtf did we do that for?! lol Then again, there were some riffs that I'm like... damn, I miss playing that! Production notes: The kick drum was a mixture of the kick sampled off hate crew deathroll by bodom mixed in with some other sample (don't remember where I got it). Guitar amp was miced in a computer room w/ a 57. The leads were a POD that I recorded in my apartment (the property manger yelled at me like 13 times to keep the noise down). Bass was DI. Vocals were recorded next to a freezer in a basement w/ an sm 58. Acoustics on The Last Door were done w/ 2 sm 58s. I mixed the entire album on a pair of computer speakers in Cool Edit Pro in my apartment. lol. FML I did the best I could at the time. The upside of the record was that we managed to sell over 1300 of them. For a local band, that was pretty good at the time, especially considering our vocalist situation.
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Post by Stefvorcide on Oct 8, 2009 10:43:43 GMT -5
that's very cool to know !!
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Post by deathsguitarist on Oct 9, 2009 20:17:12 GMT -5
cool insight. I love the album...still listen to it once in a while
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Post by thenotshredder on Feb 6, 2010 14:57:13 GMT -5
The Assault.... its funny you mention that, if you only knew what I was working on right now. haha. Can't disclose though. If you're restarting Dark Shift with Silvergun's singer, I will shit all over not only myself, but my computer, guitar, chair, and everyone around me. It will be runny and explosive, but I will be happy nonetheless.
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Post by Tungus on Feb 6, 2010 19:34:36 GMT -5
I agree. Lewie... I love ya man. I dont think Jordan has the range for DS tunes. He sounds all D flat in a E tuned world to me.
Lewie wasnt the best vocalist, but he tore it up with what he had.
Hes fuckin fun to hang with too.
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Post by Tungus on Feb 6, 2010 19:41:33 GMT -5
The Assault.... its funny you mention that, if you only knew what I was working on right now. haha. Can't disclose though. If you're restarting Dark Shift with Silvergun's singer, I will shit all over not only myself, but my computer, guitar, chair, and everyone around me. It will be runny and explosive, but I will be happy nonetheless. I apologize notso..... I didnt see the free offer on the site before I had my lil rebuttle.
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Post by Joel Wanasek on Feb 7, 2010 13:09:42 GMT -5
I'm finishing up the 2nd SG album right now in between a hellish work schedule. However.... Lewie and I are kicking around doing another DS album (studio only) purely for fun since we have something like 200 killer riffs just sitting there in powertab format that we never released. Since Tommy & Brett will never talk to me again, I'll probably hire a drummer (I know MANY now), have Chuck do the bass, and then bring in a sick screamer (I know TONS of these now too). Lewie and I wrote all the DS stuff anyways so it would be like the same band, with a sick metal vocalist. Could be fun. I miss it. I'm sensing drop C tuning on this one too....
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Post by Metal Dan on Feb 7, 2010 19:31:58 GMT -5
Up the irons on that Joel
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Post by patril0mic on Feb 7, 2010 21:51:11 GMT -5
I'm sensing a C standard tuning on this one too.... fixed
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Post by thenotshredder on Feb 10, 2010 9:22:19 GMT -5
Agreed. Also, just my two cents, but get a good SINGER. Seriously, pure badass thrash sounds much better with the singing than the screaming, and I'm sure you know enough really good ones by now.
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Post by Metal Dan on Feb 10, 2010 12:01:18 GMT -5
Poor Lewie man. Always having to hear "You guys need a SINGER" "Get a SINGER"
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Post by thenotshredder on Feb 10, 2010 14:09:20 GMT -5
Lord, everyone's misconstruing me the past couple days. I'd personally rather hear Lewie than a screamer on DS, that's for sure.
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Post by Metal Dan on Feb 10, 2010 14:39:42 GMT -5
Agreed, and I always sort of liked his vocals too. But it gave the music sort of a 'punk' edge which I'm not really sure DS was going for. But trust me, I know what it's like being forced to work with what you have in a band situation...
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Post by patril0mic on Feb 10, 2010 14:54:27 GMT -5
I personally liked the punk edge Lewie's vocals gave it. I agree with notshredder though; thrash sounds best with a person whose vocal range is as close to Bruce Dickenson's as possible
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