DT in the studio again!

[krands85]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QXLuyIoCtI

Here he is giving the rundown on JP's rig for the 2011/2012 tour. It's very interesting.

Reminds me of the guy who plays Holley in The Wire

[BlobVanDam]

I hope that they don't hire Andy Wallace again for the mix. He mixed ADTOE like an ordinary metal record and a lot of details on the music are lost because of that.

If anything, I feel like it wasn't mixed metal enough, and songs like BITS that should kick you in the face with awesomeness instead just whimper at your shins.
A metal mix would have had more upfront drums that were mixed properly with a strong kick and snare drum, and had gutsier guitars and bass. JLB's solo albums are what I could call a metal mix. ADTOE is a......... nothing mix. It literally does not sound like anyone mixed it to me.

[SystematicThought]

If anything, I feel like it wasn't mixed metal enough, and songs like BITS that should kick you in the face with awesomeness instead just whimper at your shins.

That was my main problem with AW's mixing on ADTOE. The intro to BITS should have hit me in the face like a train....
...it didn't....

[CodyWanKenobi]

If anything, I feel like it wasn't mixed metal enough, and songs like BITS that should kick you in the face with awesomeness instead just whimper at your shins.

That was my main problem with AW's mixing on ADTOE. The intro to BITS should have hit me in the face like a train....
...it didn't....

I concur. That's one of the main reasons I'm so stoked for the live release, cause that song kicked my ass live.

[Bertielee]

If i'm not mistaken Richard Chycki had the engineering-mixing duties on James' Elements Of Persuation, and in my opinion it was a very good sounding record, massive sounding but still a clear mix.

So i'm optimistic about the new album's sound, if he is involved in those duties.

That's what I wrote earlier on, but noone paid attention.


B.Lee

Damn, sorry i didn't see it

No problem there, Bro! 

B.Lee

[MoraWintersoul]

JLB's solo albums are what I could call a metal mix.

Not sure about who did EoP, but for SI, that's because Jens Bogren mixed it (with the help of Marco Sfogli) and mastered it. That dude doesn't fool around:

Viva Emptiness (2003), The Great Cold Distance (2006) & Night Is the New Day (2009) – Katatonia
Dismantling Devotion (2006), Lost to the Living (2008) – Daylight Dies
Nightmares Made Flesh (2004) – Bloodbath
Daydream Anonymous (2007) – InMe
Ghost Reveries (2005) & Watershed(2008) – Opeth
Stabbing The Drama (2005) & The Panic Broadcast (2010) – Soilwork
The Anatomy of Melancholy (2008) & Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us (2009) & Tragic Idol (2012) – Paradise Lost
Pelo Lado de Dentro (2009) – Homem Mau
The Edge of All I Know (2009) – Gwyllion
Shadow of the Red Baron (2010) – Iron Mask
"After (Ihsahn album)" (2010) - Ihsahn
Static Impulse (2010) – James LaBrie
Mundo Diablo (2010) – Dimenssion
Methods to End It All (Co-production, mixing and mastering) (2010) – Creation's Tears
Surtur Rising (2011) – Amon Amarth
Småstadshjärtan (2011) [compilation]
The Human Connection (2011) – Chaos Divine
Deconstruction (2011) – The Devin Townsend Project
Måsstaden (Mastering) (2011) - Vildhjarta
Bilateral (mixing and mastering) (2011) - Leprous
Phantom Antichrist (2012) – Kreator
Of Breath And Bone (2012) – Be'lakor
In Glorious Death (mastering) (2012) – Myraeth

[DebraKadabra]

Wow.

[MoraWintersoul]

Wow.

I heard around half of these and they all sound amazing.

[DebraKadabra]

I've only heard Static Impulse, Ghost Reveries and Watershed.  Those albums do sound really clean/stellar though.

[MoraWintersoul]

I just have to throw a mention in and say that whoever hasn't heard Bilateral yet definitely should. Not sure if you'll like it but I think it's a must-hear for prog fans.

The same goes for Static Impulse and DT fans which are into metal, really.

[Onno]

I just have to throw a mention in and say that whoever hasn't heard Bilateral yet definitely should. Not sure if you'll like it but I think it's a must-hear for prog fans.

The same goes for Static Impulse and DT fans which are into metal, really.

Seconded. And I've not heard all of the albums from that list, but what I've heard sounds amazing.

[Octavaripolis]

I just have to throw a mention in and say that whoever hasn't heard Bilateral yet definitely should. Not sure if you'll like it but I think it's a must-hear for prog fans.

The same goes for Static Impulse and DT fans which are into metal, really.

Sometimes I feel nauseous because of all the awesome albums I haven't listened to ;______;

[Lolzeez]

I just have to throw a mention in and say that whoever hasn't heard Bilateral yet definitely should. Not sure if you'll like it but I think it's a must-hear for prog fans.

The same goes for Static Impulse and DT fans which are into metal, really.

Seconded. And I've not heard all of the albums from that list, but what I've heard sounds amazing.

This.

[wasteland]

I just have to throw a mention in and say that whoever hasn't heard Bilateral yet definitely should. Not sure if you'll like it but I think it's a must-hear for prog fans.

The same goes for Static Impulse and DT fans which are into metal, really.

Right into the cue after Fire Make Thunder (which album do you suggest, by the way?)

[MoraWintersoul]

Right into the cue after Fire Make Thunder (which album do you suggest, by the way?)

Just Bilateral, the previous Leprous album contains too much growls for the classic prog fan

[wasteland]

Right into the cue after Fire Make Thunder (which album do you suggest, by the way?)

Just Bilateral, the previous Leprous album contains too much growls for the classic prog fan

Oh, darn, I though Bilateral was a band name 

It sounds like it, isn't it? 

[MoraWintersoul]

Right into the cue after Fire Make Thunder (which album do you suggest, by the way?)

Just Bilateral, the previous Leprous album contains too much growls for the classic prog fan

Oh, darn, I though Bilateral was a band name 

It sounds like it, isn't it? 

It totally does, especially if you haven't heard it before!

[GasparXR]

Right into the cue after Fire Make Thunder (which album do you suggest, by the way?)

Just Bilateral, the previous Leprous album contains too much growls for the classic prog fan

Oh, darn, I though Bilateral was a band name 

It sounds like it, isn't it? 

It totally does, especially if you haven't heard it before!

So does A Change of Seasons. Especially since my cousin's band is named Change of Season, which wasn't named after ACOS, and they became DT fans after forming!

[MoraWintersoul]

Blame DT not coming up with updates for the derailing of this thread

[Lolzeez]

Blame DT not coming up with updates for the derailing of this thread

Oh boy I wonder what DT are up to right now.

[DP_Gumby]

I just have to throw a mention in and say that whoever hasn't heard Bilateral yet definitely should. Not sure if you'll like it but I think it's a must-hear for prog fans.

The same goes for Static Impulse and DT fans which are into metal, really.

I took your advice, and I'm about halfway through Bilateral now. And I must say I'm very impressed so far! 

[Onno]

Blame DT not coming up with updates for the derailing of this thread

Oh boy I wonder what DT are up to right now.

[me7]

I just have to throw a mention in and say that whoever hasn't heard Bilateral yet definitely should. Not sure if you'll like it but I think it's a must-hear for prog fans.

The same goes for Static Impulse and DT fans which are into metal, really.

I took your advice, and I'm about halfway through Bilateral now. And I must say I'm very impressed so far! 

You should check out "Tall Poppy Syndrome" as well. It does have some death growl sections but the songwriting is very good.
I like to think that Leprous are a progressive version of System of a Down

[Onno]

You should check out "Tall Poppy Syndrome" as well. It does have some death growl sections but the songwriting is very good.
I like to think that Leprous are a progressive version of System of a Down

This is true.

[emtee]

Excellent. I expect crystal clear sound with this one.

[DP_Gumby]

You should check out "Tall Poppy Syndrome" as well. It does have some death growl sections but the songwriting is very good.
I like to think that Leprous are a progressive version of System of a Down

This is true.

Just found out that Leprous are from Norway  That's what I would call a happy coincidence

[?]

Not sure about who did EoP, but for SI, that's because Jens Bogren mixed it (with the help of Marco Sfogli) and mastered it. That dude doesn't fool around:

*snip*

Yeah, the Katatonia, Opeth and Paradise Lost albums sound awesome! And of course the songwriting on those releases isn't too shabby either

[OsMosis2259]

We need Jens Bogren for the mastering stage. Every album I heard that he was involved in sounded massive! The dude doesn't mess around

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVZb4Xfy67s

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Yea he's got some nice points on his CV and a fine looking studio!

[DebraKadabra]

Oh boy I wonder what DT are up to right now.

[MajorMatt]

Although I wasn't disappointed in the ADTOE mix (it was a vast improvement on the previous few); I said before ADTOE came out it'd be awesome if Jens Bogren mixed/mastered it and my opinion hasn't changed for DT12 - he would make it sound huge!

[KevShmev]

Muddy sound on Clockwork Angels?!  Really?!?!  I couldn't tell - sounds great to me.

It could have been better.  It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great.  I still love the record, but I do wish it had sounded a little better.

[Orbert]

Clockwork Angels isn't exactly muddy, but it does have that dense, compressed sound that seems to be so popular these days.  You can hear most of the instruments well enough, but it still feels like there's no room for anything to breathe.

[DebraKadabra]

Sounds just fine on my car speakers. *me shrugs*

[Kotowboy]

New interview on the Homepage...

When people hear the drumming on this album, they're gonna be pretty freaked out. Mangini is an animal.