"Goblin harmonies. Give me more of that." Lol. They do in fact play live shows. I got to catch them on their Death Atlas tour and they opened with this one rather than saving it for the end. Sounded just as tight in person.
Goblin vocals and melodic stuff became more of a thing on Death Atlas and Terrasite (their latest two albums) and they experimented with those on "The Anthropocene Extinction" as well but on that album you have to pick the right tracks to get some glimpse of this side of the band. "Time's Cruel Curtain" which is on Death Atlas album is almost like their ballad. And on "Terrasite" tracks like "Solastalgia"," ...and The World Will Go on Without You" and "Just Another Body" are good examples of their melodic writing. But you could pick almost any track on Terrasite and it has some melodic goblin voice part in it :D
The combination of the goblin voice and the falsetto are actually just one voice, sung simultaneously by one person (Travis Ryan). Ok, in the studio there will be layers from multiple takes. But each of those takes is the goblin falsetto sound. Let that sink in lol.
you gotta check out the studio sessions from the recording of this album. the goblin vocals are nutty. or check them out live. they are insanely accurate live
I will say in terms of the speed+precission, I wouldn't be surprised if there's some DAW magic at work there. Not saying these guys aren't good enough to approximate this live, but in the studio it's so easy to align everything these days with mathematical precision, and even live a lot of bands play with click tracks that help with the precision. I'm not going to knock bands for making use of new technology, but I do miss some of the human slightly-sloppiness of older rock/metal, and it makes bands like Steely Dan even more impressive knowing that their precision was done all organically and just endless hours getting everything perfect in the studio with the best musicians in the country.
I'm aware that this album had been an entry point for many new Cattle Decap fans, but personally I've never been so bored by listening Cattle Decap as on this LP. It has its moments, but overall it's more monotonous and, surprisingly, less sonically experimental (even though it uses all those sound effects and longer songs) than Anthropocene Extinction or the recent Terrasite. I don't know, it's...a little bit on a 'self-indulgent' side, because it feels to me as if it heavily prioritizes music serving the theme of the album instead of putting music first. I don't even think that it captures its theme all that well sonically, because nothing on it compares to the dread, paralyzing terror and despair which is captured by THAT pre-chorus section in Pacific Grim. It's just "grim" and "serious" and "tragic", but that's form and musical tropes, not really content. It just doesn't land for me. Also, if you want even more ridiculous inhuman extreme vocals, I recommend checking out Unhuman - Self-Titled (2013). It's basically a side project created by some really crazy vocalist I've never heard of before listening to this album and a couple of Beyond Creation members IIRC. It honestly feels more like an extremely tight live jam than anything else, it's hard to explain why without listening to it in full. I'm not sure I've heard anything like that in death metal and tech death before, because it has pretty interesting compositional choices, both melodic and harmonic (I'd say that at times those melodies feel, uhh, folkish??? for some reason). For some reason it reminds me a bit of Unexpect, even though it has next to nothing to do with that band sonically.
Hot damn, you've even done cattle decapitation? nice, they're definitely one of the heaviest bands out there that can be listened to without any guilt, unlike some of those slam bands (vocals straying into the realm of ridiculous). They've really matured on their recent material starting with "monolith of inhumanity", but you could argue they've lost a lot of their grind influence and transitioned more towards death metal exclusively. Not necessarily a bad thing, although still, "karma bloody karma" by them is probably the heaviest album I've ever heard, and I've heard plenty. btw since you're doing stuff this heavy, scar symmetry - the kaleidoscopic god shouldn't be a problem at all :D Please do that one sometime since I've got more songs to recommend later too :P
I've checked out Atomic Age on the channel -- czcams.com/video/yAG_5qutft4/video.html For some reason I thought I listened to an album on my own time but I checked my spreadsheet and it says I haven't. So I might have to correct that soon.
You keep saying "harmony" and "two vocals", but it's all one vocal, which is a signature of his. I mean, there is probably some layering going on, but still, it's clean voice with distortion on top, done simultaneously by one vocalist.
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Never explored CD's discography, but I've heard some of their older tracks and they always struck me as a bit of a slightly gimmicky "extreme-for-extreme's-sake" grind band, but this is just good, solid blackened DM with some posty/shoegaze(!) elements, and that combination works amazingly well together. Now I'm curious how much of their discography is like this rather than the earlier extreme-grind stuff I've heard before. Killer ending too and it really drives home the emotionally draining aspect of the track. Good stuff.
Yeah, I remember them from the early days and placed them along with bands like Combatwoundedveteran, in the "fast for fast sake" category (well, that's pretty much what grindcore is about...). This is rather melodic and coherent (good production and 20 years of practice obviously help), but I still don't see the point.
I love both. They started doing this type of songs on Monolith Of Inhumanity with Kingdom Of Tyrants (yes, I'm not counting Regret And The Grave off of Harvest Floor because it's quite different, even though the track before it is an ambient intro as well).
"Goblin harmonies. Give me more of that." Lol. They do in fact play live shows. I got to catch them on their Death Atlas tour and they opened with this one rather than saving it for the end. Sounded just as tight in person.
Goblin vocals and melodic stuff became more of a thing on Death Atlas and Terrasite (their latest two albums) and they experimented with those on "The Anthropocene Extinction" as well but on that album you have to pick the right tracks to get some glimpse of this side of the band. "Time's Cruel Curtain" which is on Death Atlas album is almost like their ballad. And on "Terrasite" tracks like "Solastalgia"," ...and The World Will Go on Without You" and "Just Another Body" are good examples of their melodic writing. But you could pick almost any track on Terrasite and it has some melodic goblin voice part in it :D
The combination of the goblin voice and the falsetto are actually just one voice, sung simultaneously by one person (Travis Ryan). Ok, in the studio there will be layers from multiple takes. But each of those takes is the goblin falsetto sound. Let that sink in lol.
Hey haven't checked out your channel in a few months, I'd basically given up on people ever checking this song out. Thank you!
This dudes voice is the wildest thing I’ve ever heard live. It sounds like three from one at once lol
you gotta check out the studio sessions from the recording of this album. the goblin vocals are nutty. or check them out live. they are insanely accurate live
Definitely a spectacular ending. Even better when you hear it after listening to the whole album alone with no outside noise.
I will say in terms of the speed+precission, I wouldn't be surprised if there's some DAW magic at work there. Not saying these guys aren't good enough to approximate this live, but in the studio it's so easy to align everything these days with mathematical precision, and even live a lot of bands play with click tracks that help with the precision. I'm not going to knock bands for making use of new technology, but I do miss some of the human slightly-sloppiness of older rock/metal, and it makes bands like Steely Dan even more impressive knowing that their precision was done all organically and just endless hours getting everything perfect in the studio with the best musicians in the country.
I'm aware that this album had been an entry point for many new Cattle Decap fans, but personally I've never been so bored by listening Cattle Decap as on this LP. It has its moments, but overall it's more monotonous and, surprisingly, less sonically experimental (even though it uses all those sound effects and longer songs) than Anthropocene Extinction or the recent Terrasite. I don't know, it's...a little bit on a 'self-indulgent' side, because it feels to me as if it heavily prioritizes music serving the theme of the album instead of putting music first. I don't even think that it captures its theme all that well sonically, because nothing on it compares to the dread, paralyzing terror and despair which is captured by THAT pre-chorus section in Pacific Grim. It's just "grim" and "serious" and "tragic", but that's form and musical tropes, not really content. It just doesn't land for me.
Also, if you want even more ridiculous inhuman extreme vocals, I recommend checking out Unhuman - Self-Titled (2013). It's basically a side project created by some really crazy vocalist I've never heard of before listening to this album and a couple of Beyond Creation members IIRC. It honestly feels more like an extremely tight live jam than anything else, it's hard to explain why without listening to it in full. I'm not sure I've heard anything like that in death metal and tech death before, because it has pretty interesting compositional choices, both melodic and harmonic (I'd say that at times those melodies feel, uhh, folkish??? for some reason). For some reason it reminds me a bit of Unexpect, even though it has next to nothing to do with that band sonically.
I agree. Death atlas I didn't like. But monolith, and anthropocene are like. Among the greats ever. Terrasite is also pretty good
Hot damn, you've even done cattle decapitation? nice, they're definitely one of the heaviest bands out there that can be listened to without any guilt, unlike some of those slam bands (vocals straying into the realm of ridiculous). They've really matured on their recent material starting with "monolith of inhumanity", but you could argue they've lost a lot of their grind influence and transitioned more towards death metal exclusively. Not necessarily a bad thing, although still, "karma bloody karma" by them is probably the heaviest album I've ever heard, and I've heard plenty.
btw since you're doing stuff this heavy, scar symmetry - the kaleidoscopic god shouldn't be a problem at all :D Please do that one sometime since I've got more songs to recommend later too :P
The Kaleidoscopic God rewired my brain when I was 13 haha what a great tune
> unlike some of those slam bands (vocals straying into the realm of ridiculous)
The ridiculousness of those kinds is the selling point though.
@@icipher6730 might as well listen to toilet plunger vocals from goregrind
@@JacobNates I can believe that.
Have you checked out Imperial Triumphant? …oh, you have! Would love to see more.
I've checked out Atomic Age on the channel -- czcams.com/video/yAG_5qutft4/video.html
For some reason I thought I listened to an album on my own time but I checked my spreadsheet and it says I haven't. So I might have to correct that soon.
You keep saying "harmony" and "two vocals", but it's all one vocal, which is a signature of his. I mean, there is probably some layering going on, but still, it's clean voice with distortion on top, done simultaneously by one vocalist.
There's two pitches going on though. I know some humans are capable of stuff like that but I assumed here it's the main vocalist double tracking.
Great band. You did Scourge of the Offspring on a livestream, off their latest album
Again with the new music that kicks ass. I love it.
Hello. I am grateful for the work you do for all of us. I love to see you discovering new songs and your sincere emotions while listening to them. I recommend you to do a review for a great song that I haven't seen on your channel yet: Forest Of Shadows - Dogs of Chornobyl. The song will touch you. I won't spoil it... I'll just wait for a new video with a review. Thanks :)
Never explored CD's discography, but I've heard some of their older tracks and they always struck me as a bit of a slightly gimmicky "extreme-for-extreme's-sake" grind band, but this is just good, solid blackened DM with some posty/shoegaze(!) elements, and that combination works amazingly well together. Now I'm curious how much of their discography is like this rather than the earlier extreme-grind stuff I've heard before. Killer ending too and it really drives home the emotionally draining aspect of the track. Good stuff.
Yeah, I remember them from the early days and placed them along with bands like Combatwoundedveteran, in the "fast for fast sake" category (well, that's pretty much what grindcore is about...).
This is rather melodic and coherent (good production and 20 years of practice obviously help), but I still don't see the point.
Son of Aurelius - Divine Are Slain
Just another body off their recent album is much much better type of this song imo… idk it hits different
I love both. They started doing this type of songs on Monolith Of Inhumanity with Kingdom Of Tyrants (yes, I'm not counting Regret And The Grave off of Harvest Floor because it's quite different, even though the track before it is an ambient intro as well).