[reply]This track is frustrating me upon second listen because it’s a step in the right direction…it would have been possible for it not to have been bad…
Serious question - what about this is a step in the right direction? Because it sounds to me like it’s going in the exact same directions as everything he’s put since after HOTM.[/reply]
To me, the riffs sound “old school-ish”. Like someone else said, it’s got a few old ideas, but executed poorly. And, you could probably factor in the live drumming.
I honestly couldn’t tell if the drumming was live or programmed because of how mechanical and small they sound in the mix.
I guess I’d find it more “old school” sounding if it had programmed drums that weren’t trying to sound like an actual drummer… or a drummer that didn’t sound like programmed drums. Either way, even for what it is it’s way too long.