braintheory
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Agreed. Horrible tone, but really unique leadwork. Wish more players aspired to standards like that for lead playing/writing
What’s an album you love but hate the tones ?
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romanianreaper
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Ozzy - Blizzard of Ozz
Dokken - Tooth and Nail
Metallica - ...and Justice for All
Megadeth - So Far, So Good, So What
KISS - Hotter Than Hell
Dokken - Tooth and Nail
Metallica - ...and Justice for All
Megadeth - So Far, So Good, So What
KISS - Hotter Than Hell
8len8
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You know there’s a remixed version now that’s a huge improvement over the original?
saxxamafone
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Pantera - everything they did.
But I wouldn't have it any other way either
But I wouldn't have it any other way either
crwnedblasphemy
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Theater of Pain for sure and Hotter Than Hell.
Bardagh
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Have to disagree on Defenders. It sounds better to me than Screaming does. Then again I haven’t heard the original mixes/masters in forever. Defenders might be my favorite Priest album but it’s impossible for me to really pick one in the end.
I would add Mercyful Fate’s Don’t Break the Oath to the list. I love the album and while I guess I don’t HATE the tone, since it doesn’t necessarily get it the way of anything, it sucks compared to the classic pushed Marshall tones of Melissa and their demo stuff. Oath has a lot of these weird fizzy and chorused out tones on it.
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Exo-metal
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There's nothing that will fix it unfortunately and yes I know...
Bardagh
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Let’s also add…
Death - ITP I don’t necessarily think any Death album has particularly great guitar tones, but they generally seem serviceable in the mix and maybe were cool for their time (ie Leprosy) but ITP was, in my opinion, an important progression for Chuck songwriting wise but its one of their worst sounding albums.
The album sounds a little lo-fi and cloudy or dirty in general, like the mix wasn’t done poorly but something caused a degradation in the sound quality on the way to getting a master or something. But the guitar tone is really pretty bad. Chuck always had this thing for chorus effects and sometimes even phasers/flangers. It really made his guitars on this album annoying to listen to.
Death - ITP I don’t necessarily think any Death album has particularly great guitar tones, but they generally seem serviceable in the mix and maybe were cool for their time (ie Leprosy) but ITP was, in my opinion, an important progression for Chuck songwriting wise but its one of their worst sounding albums.
The album sounds a little lo-fi and cloudy or dirty in general, like the mix wasn’t done poorly but something caused a degradation in the sound quality on the way to getting a master or something. But the guitar tone is really pretty bad. Chuck always had this thing for chorus effects and sometimes even phasers/flangers. It really made his guitars on this album annoying to listen to.
Rex Rocker
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Mastodon - Leviathan
Cardboardy drums, fuzzy scratchy guitars that sound like a Behringer pedal. Ugh.
Killer music, though, and I normally don't like Mastodon.
Cardboardy drums, fuzzy scratchy guitars that sound like a Behringer pedal. Ugh.
Killer music, though, and I normally don't like Mastodon.
hammered
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I always overlook that Dokken album cause I dig it so much but yeah George’s tone and the production aren’t the greatest
Techdeth
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I absolutely love the tones on cowboys , vulgar , and Trendkill . But not Far Beyond and Reinventing
311splawndude
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Cool thread.
It is pretty hard for me though to 'love' an album if I hate the tone. The tone has to be there or I'm not listening. Also, it goes to show how we are all different. I think Theater of Pain and Tooth and Nail have great tone, for example. If I had to pick something I guess I'd go with the early Beatles albums.
It is pretty hard for me though to 'love' an album if I hate the tone. The tone has to be there or I'm not listening. Also, it goes to show how we are all different. I think Theater of Pain and Tooth and Nail have great tone, for example. If I had to pick something I guess I'd go with the early Beatles albums.
skoora
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I hear it being bad sometimes on Illusion but on some of the songs it sounds fantastic. That opening distorted G (were they 1/2 step down?) on Civil War and then the E chords sound real chunky and mean on the verses. Also dig the tone on Dead Horse and the Garden.
Techdeth
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Ya I thought of them too .
Techdeth
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Don’t damn me and Locomotive have my two favorite tones . I had a Marshall VS 100 combo that could nail those tones . Cool little amp
Techdeth
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The early mastodon tones were so bad they were good somehow. Just nasty
Techdeth
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He has a different tone that for sure . But I did end up loving the SOP tone
anomaly
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Fuck that. Those albums sound great, although very different. On the right system the remastered version of "As The Palaces Burn" is one of my all time favorite records, and I love that raw as fuck guitar tone they have on it.
Some of their later albums I don't care for the tone though.
anomaly
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Alot of the lead work on Peace Sells was actually recorded with a Rockman into a fender twin or a Marshall. The main rhythms were recorded with Marshall's rented from Mike Soldano. I think the tone is great, especially "Devil's Island". Chris Poland's playing is phenomenal on that album.
anomaly
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Some of you guys are nuts. Far Beyond Driven is Pantera's best sounding album hands down, the guitars sound ripping.,
As far as tones I don't like on good albums... there's a lot of Black Sabbath records that have shitty tone IMO. The first two sound great, then Iommi's tone got progressively worse through the 70's.