04-11-2016, 11:11 PM
Somehow I've never been that much into straight up death metal. I mean I don't dislike it or anything and might spin some album every now and then but overall it doesn't seem to give me too much as a genre. Melodic death metal is much more to my tastes but that's an entirely different beast.
But like all genres, there are some diamond that you just have to love. Personally for me it's Repugnant's Epitome of Darkness. Pretty much a perfect album. Too bad the "ultimate" version is really hard to come by. There's this grittier, unmixed version floating in the internet I've read is the original vinyl pressing. I don't know and even if it is, original print cost a ton unfortunately.
CD sounds shit and at least newer vinyls aren't that much better (though maybe sligthly). Was quite a disappointment when I finally got the latest repress last autumn. The whole thing is just flooded with excessive echo. Guitars, singining, everything. Oh well, thank goodness from MP3 files I guess.
Premature Burial unmixed vs CD version, Another Vision unmixed vs CD version.
Sadly they disbanded way before Epitome of Darkness was ever released. Luckily I managed to see their reunion gig (or rather Mary Goore + 3) 2010 before they disbanded again. Doubt we'll see anything from them ever again. Ghost takes way too much Tobias's time and I suppose money is quite a bit better than with Repugnant as well. I like Ghost a lot as well though so it's not a complete loss.
But like all genres, there are some diamond that you just have to love. Personally for me it's Repugnant's Epitome of Darkness. Pretty much a perfect album. Too bad the "ultimate" version is really hard to come by. There's this grittier, unmixed version floating in the internet I've read is the original vinyl pressing. I don't know and even if it is, original print cost a ton unfortunately.
CD sounds shit and at least newer vinyls aren't that much better (though maybe sligthly). Was quite a disappointment when I finally got the latest repress last autumn. The whole thing is just flooded with excessive echo. Guitars, singining, everything. Oh well, thank goodness from MP3 files I guess.
Premature Burial unmixed vs CD version, Another Vision unmixed vs CD version.
Sadly they disbanded way before Epitome of Darkness was ever released. Luckily I managed to see their reunion gig (or rather Mary Goore + 3) 2010 before they disbanded again. Doubt we'll see anything from them ever again. Ghost takes way too much Tobias's time and I suppose money is quite a bit better than with Repugnant as well. I like Ghost a lot as well though so it's not a complete loss.