Klauth
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Their soft... and sit down to play...now drop and gimmy 20!
anomaly
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It's OK, good tone... Probably the Mesa Badlander. They've been using those a lot in the studio recently. Their first two singles off this new album are much more of a departure for them. One is called "Sepsis" I think? It's gotta pretty cool bass tone in the verses.
OldGtrGuy
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They're like the modern metal version of Metallica and Sacrament is their black album.
OldGtrGuy
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New Revocation is incredible.
PurityS.L.G
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As a long time fan of LOG, they have definitely grown stale to me over the last 10 years. I miss Chris in the band but Art is still a monster drummer.
With all that said, their live shows are still among the best. They are so heavy sounding and they have a great catalog of songs with the exception of the most current stuff IMO.
With all that said, their live shows are still among the best. They are so heavy sounding and they have a great catalog of songs with the exception of the most current stuff IMO.
OldGtrGuy
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Can't argue with any of that.
Last saw them with Slayer on the "farewell tour" a while back. LOG stole the show by a big margin and they played mostly classic songs.
NinjaRaf
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I've seen them so many times, and have had mixed feelings about some of their performances...some of that isn't their fault, but...
Every time I saw them before Randy went to prison was fucking stellar. Sounds of the Underground in 2005, Sacrament tour, tour with Metallica and Gojira in 99...amazing. Especially the SotU and Metallica shows. Holy shit man, amazing. That show also got me into Gojira because that was one hell of a performance, too. I saw them on tour when he came back from prison, and all they just seemed tired without much energy. Hard to blame them. Saw them with Slayer a couple of times, and those were generally great, but short sets. Saw them once with Slipknot, and that was not a great show. Again, hard to blame them...someone got hurt so they stopped playing until that was resolved, but their set was like 25 minutes, so they only played maybe 4 songs. The last couple of times I saw them, one was pretty solid, and the other was just kinda meh. Maybe because they played a lot of the newer songs that I'm just not into.
Anyway, I still love LoG, and those records up through Wrath all came out when I was in HS and college, so lots of nostalgia attached to them. Plus so many banger songs and great one liners. Reminds me of Arnold movies lol.
D-Rock
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Doesn't even sound like the same band. If not for Randy's vocals I wouldn't have known that it was LOG. Different guitar tones, different drumming...last good song they released was 512...and I'm a longtime fan.
RaceU4her
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same with me, i saw them a million times back then, every tour they were on i seemed to know someone to get me in, i got trashed with them a couple times. my first youtube videos i posted 20 years ago this summer was i believe in their dressing room hanging with Alexi on the Unholy Alliance tour, they remind me of good times
Maarcn3
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Yeah, their tones are always on point, even if the growl isn’t your thing.
dead-pan
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Production is a little much for me but I am glad to see new metal.
I dig the song.
I dig the song.
anomaly
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Yeah, they do sound different hey? Their signature tone is gone, I don't think they use Mark IV's in the studio anymore but Willie still uses them live for his FOH sound. Drum tone is way more generic IMO, that's the biggest thing that's missing. I like maybe two songs off Omens and this one isn't looking much better. Omens was way over produced IMO.
D-Rock
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I love Randy's vocals. I think he's one of the best ever in metal. I also loved Willie and Marks dry yet saturated Mesa tone crunching and screaming through V30s. Not hearing that here at all. I also loved Chris's precise mechanical drumming which is replaced by some pretty standard playing.
I also did not like their 2012 release Resolution. But they came back strong with Sturm Drang. The whole album is good and the two singles 512 & Embers were killer. Definitely their last good album.
I also did not like their 2012 release Resolution. But they came back strong with Sturm Drang. The whole album is good and the two singles 512 & Embers were killer. Definitely their last good album.
Klauth
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For me...Sacrament is one of the few albums that came close to hitting me like, And Justice for All did.
anomaly
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Resolution may not be their strongest album writing wise, but it has their best production to date IMO. It's so clear and big sounding and the drum sound is phenominal. The guitars sound great as well. I hear mostly Mark IV but there is some Royal Atlantic in there as well. Storm und Drang suffers from a rather cloudy and undermixed guitar tone, it should have been mixed better.
anomaly
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Ashes Of The Wake and As The Palaces Burn hit me the hardest. There really isn't a bad song on ATPB. Have you heard the remixed, remastered version?
phillybhatesme
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Never got into this band. Still won't.
Some riffs were good.
Some riffs were good.
Klauth
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The guitars sounded thin and the drums felt hollow (to me)...on the AOTW & ATPB. with the exception of the snare...sacrament nailed it (as an album)
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