Comments on: Arsis "We are the Nightmare" CD http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/04/21/arsis-we-are-the-nightmare-cd/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:24:59 -0800 hourly 1 By: Ryan @ Milkweed Records http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/04/21/arsis-we-are-the-nightmare-cd/#comment-19406 Ryan @ Milkweed Records Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:45:39 +0000 http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/04/21/arsis-we-are-the-nightmare-cd/#comment-19406 Great album! The production didn't bother me a bit. I love the use of multiple snare drums as well, particularly on the first track. I need to buy a physical copy, but when the local indie record store is charging 16.99, I can't afford to. I'm waiting it out though. If Hot Topic has it for 10... maybe I should go to the mall... erg, what a wretched, wretched place. Great album! The production didn't bother me a bit. I love the use of multiple snare drums as well, particularly on the first track. I need to buy a physical copy, but when the local indie record store is charging 16.99, I can't afford to. I'm waiting it out though. If Hot Topic has it for 10… maybe I should go to the mall… erg, what a wretched, wretched place.

]]> By: Staylow@teethofthedivine http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/04/21/arsis-we-are-the-nightmare-cd/#comment-19316 Staylow@teethofthedivine Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:23:37 +0000 http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/04/21/arsis-we-are-the-nightmare-cd/#comment-19316 Hands down my favorite album of the year! I can see why others wouldn't like the production, but I personally love it - it really allows you to hear all the technicalities that are going on. And as for that "technicality at the expense of passion" remark, I completely disagree. Yes it's very technical, but I hear passion oozing and bleeding from this album - fucking stellar, on all fronts. Hands down my favorite album of the year! I can see why others wouldn't like the production, but I personally love it – it really allows you to hear all the technicalities that are going on. And as for that "technicality at the expense of passion" remark, I completely disagree. Yes it's very technical, but I hear passion oozing and bleeding from this album – fucking stellar, on all fronts.

]]> By: Erik@teetthofthedivine http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/04/21/arsis-we-are-the-nightmare-cd/#comment-19218 Erik@teetthofthedivine Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:49:28 +0000 http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/04/21/arsis-we-are-the-nightmare-cd/#comment-19218 What a good record. Pity about that dry mix job. What a good record. Pity about that dry mix job.

]]> By: floodwatch http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/04/21/arsis-we-are-the-nightmare-cd/#comment-19210 floodwatch Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:34:39 +0000 http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/04/21/arsis-we-are-the-nightmare-cd/#comment-19210 How did this slip under my radar? Admittedly, I was sorely disappointed by "United in Regret," but I fuckin' love "Celebration of Guilt." Their production has always been questionable... still, I'm picking this up on my next trip to the record store. How did this slip under my radar? Admittedly, I was sorely disappointed by "United in Regret," but I fuckin' love "Celebration of Guilt." Their production has always been questionable… still, I'm picking this up on my next trip to the record store.

]]> By: Adrianoso http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/04/21/arsis-we-are-the-nightmare-cd/#comment-19180 Adrianoso Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:48:19 +0000 http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/04/21/arsis-we-are-the-nightmare-cd/#comment-19180 oh fuckin nice, dude! I'm definitely diggin' this shit!! As far as compromising passion for technicality? pfffft You're crazy! oh fuckin nice, dude! I'm definitely diggin' this shit!! As far as compromising passion for technicality? pfffft You're crazy!

]]> By: Ben http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/04/21/arsis-we-are-the-nightmare-cd/#comment-19177 Ben Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:16:42 +0000 http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/04/21/arsis-we-are-the-nightmare-cd/#comment-19177 Hell, Hot Topic has this album at only $9.99... you're all schmucks if you just download this shit. Get off your lazy asses and go buy it! Hell, Hot Topic has this album at only $9.99… you're all schmucks if you just download this shit. Get off your lazy asses and go buy it!

]]> By: stevhan.ti http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/04/21/arsis-we-are-the-nightmare-cd/#comment-19144 stevhan.ti Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:35:12 +0000 http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/04/21/arsis-we-are-the-nightmare-cd/#comment-19144 I listen a lot to music on my headphones as well and I caught bad tinnitus. I hear the sea when other people hear nothing. And I guess if this continues I'll hear nothing when other people hear doubtably produced metal albums. Anyway I'll give this a shot but haven't liked their previous album. As for the bathory issue: Under the sign of the Black Mark is so far the only album I've heard but I like that. Check The Howling Wind, Killusion's latest metal tentative, that's raw and I seem to like it more than his latest band effort with Unearthly Trance. I listen a lot to music on my headphones as well and I caught bad tinnitus. I hear the sea when other people hear nothing. And I guess if this continues I'll hear nothing when other people hear doubtably produced metal albums.
Anyway I'll give this a shot but haven't liked their previous album. As for the bathory issue: Under the sign of the Black Mark is so far the only album I've heard but I like that. Check The Howling Wind, Killusion's latest metal tentative, that's raw and I seem to like it more than his latest band effort with Unearthly Trance.

]]> By: Max http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/04/21/arsis-we-are-the-nightmare-cd/#comment-19120 Max Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:21:45 +0000 http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/04/21/arsis-we-are-the-nightmare-cd/#comment-19120 I'll keep listening, because I'm another big fan of Arsis, but this seems a little...bloodless. It's not just the we-forgot-to-mix-the-bass-part sound, but on my first listen I'm hearing a lot of technique at the expense of passion. Does the rest of the album have the <i>conviction</i> of the first two? Each of them, and the Diamond for Disease EP, was like a massive run-on hate letter. I'll keep listening, because I'm another big fan of Arsis, but this seems a little…bloodless. It's not just the we-forgot-to-mix-the-bass-part sound, but on my first listen I'm hearing a lot of technique at the expense of passion.

Does the rest of the album have the conviction of the first two? Each of them, and the Diamond for Disease EP, was like a massive run-on hate letter.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/04/21/arsis-we-are-the-nightmare-cd/#comment-19056 Anonymous Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:13:11 +0000 http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/04/21/arsis-we-are-the-nightmare-cd/#comment-19056 Excellent songwriting, horrible production. The only benefit to this kind of dry, overcompressed sound is that it separates the instruments out so much that you can more easily distinguish what they're each doing individually, but when the bass is totally buried in the mix, who cares? Excellent songwriting, horrible production. The only benefit to this kind of dry, overcompressed sound is that it separates the instruments out so much that you can more easily distinguish what they're each doing individually, but when the bass is totally buried in the mix, who cares?

]]> By: Invisible Oranges http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/04/21/arsis-we-are-the-nightmare-cd/#comment-19020 Invisible Oranges Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:06:30 +0000 http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/04/21/arsis-we-are-the-nightmare-cd/#comment-19020 I first learned of Arsis some years ago through this site, and I see/hear that once again you're right on the money. The production is indeed compressed like a pancake, though; I want to duck my head, that ceiling is so low. I first learned of Arsis some years ago through this site, and I see/hear that once again you're right on the money. The production is indeed compressed like a pancake, though; I want to duck my head, that ceiling is so low.

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