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ColdSlaughter
man, even though the mix is bad (but not that bad) this album is waaaay better than Time I.
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Sanity_Theorist
WHen I'm not directly focusing on this, it's pretty good. Torchlight II helps me ignore the poor guitar tone and enjoy the compositions themselves, and they are quite sprawling and layered. Still my least favorite of the 3, but by no means a bad album.
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illusionist--
Forget the haters, this is magnificent. Every season beautiful and glorious in its own way.
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illusionist--
It's really a huge accomplishment to have created something this magnificent in such circumstances :)
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LawLieTicp
https://insnakesibathe.bandcamp.com/track/i-had-to-sell-my-house-and-3-limbs-to-be-able-to-afford-crowdfunding-the-wintersun-album-tony-blair-is-a-war-criminal-demo-version
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TheOnlyMAD
The guys who uploaded this "men kissing in a forest" cover art are obviously closeted homosexuals. Sorry guys, you might think making fun of homosexuality constantly makes you look straight, but it doesn't at all.
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Wintersun89
wtf are those tags. when pledging 50€ for a crowdfunding album, don't tell me they didn't have the time to get the tags correct
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Sanity_Theorist
I hate to say it, but kirkt95 is right about the guitar tone. At least the vocals and keyboards are fantastic, but with a band this perfectionistic, I'm kinda expecting more...at least Jari seems to be focusing on what's within practicality now.
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MelodicSymphony
This album has been purposefully recorded on older gear and with less mixing. It's supposed to sound organic and old-school. Besides is sounds fantastic on good speakers. Cheap headphones etc. will absolutely kill the sound
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Sanity_Theorist
I was listening to it with audiophile studio headphones, maybe that's why the less mixed aspect was more noticeable. I'll try using speakers instead.
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Rakuchan
This album has a more primitive and raw style of mixing, which according to Jari himself is the right sound for this album. You should check out their Forest Documentary, he explains that this album wouldn't sound the right way with the high end mixing that Time I has (even that had to be compromised). Here is the part of documentary where he discusses the production of this album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZbuZEQv81Q
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Sanity_Theorist
Promoting lo-fi as a mixing aesthetic is precisely what makes black metal suck compared to death metal, though. It's better to have prominent bass than to push the guitars too far and create static, you don't lose the tone quality nearly as quickly when pushing bass harder.
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