[fathead]

Just saw this over at Metal Sucks. Lamb of God has remixed and remastered As the Palaces Burn. Sounds like a good excuse to buy another copy of one of my favorite metal albums. If I had to pick a handful of desert island discs this would be one of them.
How Does Lamb of God's Remixed and Remastered Version of "Purified" Compare to the Original? | MetalSucks

Preorder here

 

[Mr. S]

I've not listened to this in a while, is the mix that bad on the original?

 

[fathead]

The original was a little rough sounding, but I think it was part of the appeal really.

 

[Soopahmahn]

Lame. I tried the remix of the first album and thought it was worse. A bit "clearer" but more harsh. And if their recent releases are indicative of what they think sounds good, I don't want to hear any more remixes.

 

[Mr. S]

Lame. I tried the remix of the first album and thought it was worse. A bit "clearer" but more harsh. And if their recent releases are indicative of what they think sounds good, I don't want to hear any more remixes.

The remixed the first album? WTF? I love that record, it sounds disgusting. :lol:

 

[fathead]

The remixed the first album? WTF? I love that record, it sounds disgusting. :lol:

:lol: True, I completely forgot about that. Soop has sucked the joy out of this thread, and arguably, with a good point.

 

[Mr. S]

Just listened to most of 'Palaces' on the drive back from work, this needs a remix why exactly? :lol:

Also forgot quite how awesome it was. :metal:

 

[Joey]

I wish they'd remix and master the old Burn The Priest stuff.

 

[fathead]

Just listened to most of 'Palaces' on the drive back from work, this needs a remix why exactly? :lol:

Also forgot quite how awesome it was. :metal:

I don't think it needs it either. This is probably more of a case of creating product to sell. And I'll bite if it keeps the LOG machine running. I love listening to that album fucking cranked.

 

[Fred]

Haha, I swear I'm the only person who ever appreciates it when bands do this. The production on AtPB is hardly terrible, but this is noticeably better IMO. Huge improvement in the drums and bass tone, in particular. Then again, I can't really listen to old Testament but adore Formation of Damnation and Dark Roots, so my taste is clearly skewed towards more modern production!

 

[Axonic Rot]

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Oh you guys....

Some remixes suck, but I just listened to this one and its fantastic. They sample augmented the drums. The original drum tracks were weak. The kick drum was really clicky, thin, and dynamically unstable. This is just straight up improvement with nothing negative.

 

[Soopahmahn]

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Oh you guys....

Some remixes suck, but I just listened to this one and its fantastic. They sample augmented the drums. The original drum tracks were weak. The kick drum was really clicky, thin, and dynamically unstable. This is just straight up improvement with nothing negative.

..."a full-on, ass kicking remix and remaster" by Josh Wilbur, who also produced the band's two most recent albums, Wrath and Resolution.

:nope:

It's an awesome fucking album. Leave it alone. This is just a stupid label ploy to steal some more cash. I'm waiting for LoG to write and record another good album.

 

[Soxfan121292]

I do honestly like a rougher mix when it comes to LoG. Also seeing them, and kill switch engage the 30th!

 

[ang]

ya some ppl like the original "bad" mix cause of its character but for me the mix always bugged me. cant wait for this.

 

[noodles]

JFC that awful kick drum trigger. All that midrange washout. Yet they still left Randy's voice dry. This doesn't make sense.

 

[sami]

I still dig their early stuff and always wondered what it'd sound like remixed back when I used to listen to it all the time. This isn't what I quite expected. Not bad, but could be done better.

 

[Rev Drucifer]

JFC that awful kick drum trigger. All that midrange washout. Yet they still left Randy's voice dry. This doesn't make sense.

Agreed.

Sounds like Wilbur used samples of Chris' kit from the last album. I was surprised the vox were left alone, I thought for sure they would have been treated to fuck and back with reverb and delay, but I suppose that's not the intention.

 

[fathead]

I have no idea what to make of it yet. I'll pick it up and see what it does for me. Although I do agree with Soop that it didn't really need to be fucked with.

 

[Rattlehead]

This is by far their best album next to Wrath.

I don't know why they needed to re-mix the record other than needing money to have to pay for the trial BS that burnt up the Band's money from their account.

 

[sami]

I actually can't wait to hear the last part of Blood Junkie. I loved that part the most off the whole album.