Hüsker Dü generally made their point and moved on fast, so this 14-minute instrumental was a real anomaly. It’s also one of the most intense guitar instrumentals we’ve ever heard, with Mould layering heavy, searing sounds that rampage through the subconscious. It ends the only way it ...
The song is instantly recognizable, and yet... different. Plus, no one is singing, and the guitar player is only strumming, not soloing, and yet, it is as if his guitar is singing. At times, it is dark and intense, at other times, bright and happy. Then the music changes, begins...
Studio-grade equalization in a stompbox disguise The Empress ParaEQ MKII Deluxe equalizer and boost pedal is an all-analog, studio-quality sound-sculpting unit cleverly disguised as a compact effects pedal! Jokes aside, this EQ pedal delivers an intense tone-shaping experience that you won’t fin...
very quietly — like, if you stood 10 feet away from him you couldn’t hear him. And from him I learned that it’s not about volume, it’s about tone. Because when you put a mic in front of him and he sang with that intense tone, and you turned it up, he ...
to what we were doing’,” he says. “It was, ‘Let’s take what we’ve learned to approach our roles with greater self-awareness and insight.’ I really thrive in the studio. I love making new things. That’s why I decided to focus my energy on that area and bring A...
Falling in ReversefrontmanRonnie Radkeeven joined in on the discussion, quoting METALBIRB's post and stating, "My guy I’m not jumping on any sides here but come on, have we gotten so lost we are now complaining about a razor blade guitar cuz it might trigger people to self harm? But...
“It’s been an incredibly intense year – even my closest friends didn’t know what we were doing. I can’t believe we were able to keep it a secret”: Brad Delson on Linkin Park’s miraculous comeback, why he quit touring, and how he trained his replacement ...
Edward Van Halen once likened hisguitar playingto “falling down the stairs and landing on my feet.” Eddie’s had thirteen albums’ worth of such happy accidents and in the process has changed the way people play, hear and think about theelectric guitar. With his unorthodox technique, dare...
The Delorean’s internal Z.Vex Fuzz Factory was used to whip up the intense, boiling-over solo. Though the Citizen Erased template would inform future Muse epics, such as Knights of Cydonia and the three-part Exogenesis: Symphony, it remains an original fusion of beauty and savagery that ...
And, too intense, is turned to pain. For by permission and command Of thine own Prince Ferdinand, Poor Ariel sends this silent token Of more than ever can be spoken; Your guardian spirit, Ariel, who From life to life must still pursue ...