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Originally posted by heugel
I dunno if I just got a bad CD or something, but the new In Flames that I bought sounds like complete garbage, production wise. Very bass heavy, and a horrible overall mix.
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I'm not sure why, but In Flames decided to leave Studio Fredman (where all the greatest melo-death metal is recorded) in favor of being produced by Daniel Bergstrand this time around. Bergstrand is famous for his production skills, so I can see how it seemed like a good idea at the time, but it sure didn't work out that way. They need to get back to Fredman and record an album like Dark Tranquillity's "Damage Done" and get rid of all this 'clean vocal' bullshit from the last two cds.
Shadows Fall is another band I worry about making too big of a change soon. Of One Blood is a lot better and heavier than Art of Balance and I'm afraid after making appearances on MTV, Ozzfest, etc. they'll be even more inclined to tone down the death metal vocals in their next cd. That would be a horrible mistake.