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At The Back => The Dressing Room => Topic started by: nfe on April 05, 2010, 05:16:51 PM
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Couple kind words in the pickups section so I guess I might as well let a few others listen to it, I've never posted it on this forum as I reckoned there'd be little interest in my blackened crust/grind band :lol:
Anyway, folks can have a listen, album's coming out later this year, feature in Terrorizer soon. Positive reviews and abject hatred equally welcome. Ta.
www.myspace.com/chronocide
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I tried to have a listen, but it's too intense/relentless for me, it was doing my head in.
It sounds as good as this stuff ever does to me, and I don't mean that negatively.
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I don't really get it, your crust/grind genre that is so can't make an informed comment. The guitars sounded powerful, for the 30 seconds of the first 2 songs I listened to and things sounded tight.
But like Philly Q it was a bit too much for me, my poor blues/rock/jazz/reggae brain got a bit confused :?
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OK, I have to admit that I laughed out loud at the song title "Children of Thalidomide" :lol: but I did listen to all four songs & liked them.
Intense, heavy, fast, decent production (although the drums are a bit "clicky"). I liked the changes of pace. Wasn't too keen on the vocals - kinda fell into that awkward halfway point between death & black metal. But the songs held my attention for the entire duration which doesn't always happen when I listen to new extreme metal.
Hope you get a good write-up in Terrorizer - post on here if/when it happens, I might go out & buy it (haven't bought Terrorizer for a few years...)
On a slightly amusing note, how many band names end with "...cide"? Surely we must be running out of things to kill by now? :)
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Cheers to anyone taking the time to listen, obviously I know it's a minority of the population who're going to find it at all palatable :lol:
And cheers Antag, all the production is me, and I've very much an amateur, learning on the hoof, as it were.
Incidentally, Children of Thalidomide is a tip of the hat to Billy Joel... 8) :lol:
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I've just had a listen on my headphones. I thought it was very tight and well performed but I could only listen up until the bloke started shouting. I do actually like some metal even at this level but I kind of like the grooves and dynamics that some bands have. The production is impressive and so is your drummer. The start of Veil with that subtle fast picked run sounds good too.
It's obvious that you've all been hard at work on these demos so well done I say. I'm sure some of the Metal players here will give it the thumbs up.
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Forgive me NFE, it was a little rich for my palette but I would echo what has been said about the production and also the musicianship.
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nfe, well done, i'm old like the posters before me so i find it a bit much but...... it's a killer opening, i mean like something really terrifying is immenent and then the end minute or so is well metered , tight and interesting.
What both these parts have is SPACE and it's still heavy but musical. The middle bit for me is just noise: thrash but even here if it were just a middle 8 it could be very effective and fun especially in a live situation.
my opinion is only that, i'm not your judge, wish you well and thank you for posting your creation.
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I quite like it! it's very intense and the momentums are great. Tone is perfect for the genre. makes me want to sit in a dark room with candles and just let myself drift with the music, while of course headbanging the hell out of my wig.
well done. When you have something out i'll buy it. seriously.
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Here's the wee article in Terrorizer mag I mentioned before. I think we're featured on their covermount cd next month, too.
(http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af19/chronocideband/terrorizermagcyberclipping.jpg)
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You live a few hundred miles of each other? Do some of your band members live outside the UK too? That kind of gives me hope with my band if you can make achievements with these factors! :D
I like the pic, very sinister.
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There's just the two of us, I'm in Glasgow and he's in Sheffield.
I like the pic too, pretentious anonymity for the win!
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We also got this blessing of a review for the four track sampler we did for the album, which was nice.
"...this is about as nihilistic as it gets."
PuddaWudda - UKMU
Cruelly snuffed in mainstream media, the garden variety person will have a misinformed view of metal, a picture painted in the mind of shiteforbrains long haired miscreants banging their simple heads, and yet this so far from the truth; it being such a potent medium for emotion, raw and devastating, and it gets little more raw and devastating than Chronocide. With the chaotic, straining to keep it together psychosis of Stravinsky, and a bleak, industrial extremity second to none, this is about as nihilistic as it gets. Using black metal and grind as their rotten foundations, Chronocide write music which isn’t so much moving forward as showing a blatant disregard to all goings on around them, and all the better for it, as the four tracks on the pre-album release Ira, truly are exceptional.
Music to go full on, clinically mad to, these are the baby steps of an absolute monster; close to unbelievable that this is the first effort from this end of the world duo, even more so its still at pre mix/mastering stage, which is it pretty bang-on in itself. Touching upon the blueprint of Codex Necro-era Nathrakh and moulding it into something denser, dirtier, darker, their own, is what have Chronocide have done, by putting through a filter of gravel, grit, grey, Deathspell Omega and all the hate of the twenty first century- “How can we be saved, if we’re dead before we are born?”, the closing words from Children of Thalidomide.
The way the songs are constructed, the vocals, guitars and drums blended together, is equal to that of the well known proprietors of this crazed corner of extreme metal, such as the aforementioned Anaal Nathrakh and Deathspell Omega, as well as elements of Rotten Sound, and the obsidian blackthrash of Absu, which is a testimony to heroic dedication and communication, seeing as the two minds behind the band live at opposite ends of the country. Gleefully underground, they offer an aggression absent in so many other acts, which helps them rise head and shoulders above competition; the militant, one level vocals and the subtle d-beats and drops giving the band that layer of crust I myself am such a fan of.
Along with De Magia Veterum and Gnaw Their Tongues, Chronocide are contributing to more to extreme music than they know, something which in the future, I’m sure, will be picked up on, and dragged, kicking and screaming, into sunlight. Whether a full length can keep up this high level is a question which will be answered in time, but this is a stunning preview. My criticism is low, my anticipation high; judge for yourselves, but this is a must for all fans of truly evil sounds.
RATING:
9/10
An incredible debut four tracks, which ticks all the boxes and then rips the sheet into shreds.
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this is right up my street - like this alot :D
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That's a hell of a review, congratulations!
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Cheers guys.
HTH, pm me an address and I'll punt you a cd down if you want?
One of your amps might be on album two, after all :P
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I agree with Philly. Music critics are a hard bunch to please at the best of times. I'm sure the the music you're into has plenty of hard to please critics having to wade through lots of music that doesn't cut the mustard for them. It does sound from reading that, that you and your mate from Sheffield could be onto something big. I wish you all the luck in the world. I remember a piece of advise that the guitarist John5 gave in an interview around 5 years ago. Something like, do something everyday to make it happen, a phone call, letter, email to the right sort of people. I'm not sure if that's obsolete now, given the way the music industry has been revolutionised but it makes good business sense.
Put yourself about and get some gigs!
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A little news, if it interests anyone:
FETO Records are proud to announce the addition of CHRONOCIDE to their roster.
Chronocide, a two-piece British band who describe themselves as “blackened apocalyptic grind metal”, will have their debut album “The Solitude of Man” released digitally through FETO Records in autumn 2010. Influences range from Pig Destroyer to Amebix, and much of the past year has been dedicated to fine tuning their very first assault of the senses. Mastering duties came courtesy of FETO’s very own Mick Kenney.
“The Solitude of Man” will be available via iTunes and also as a physical release (date to be confirmed).
FETO RECORDS is owned and run by Shane Embury (Napalm Death) and Mick Kenney (Anaal Nathrakh); other releases include Anaal Nathrakh, Mistress, Cripple bar-stewards, and Lock Up.
Then there's a wee album cover photie, too.
(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/neilerskine/Chronocide-TheSolitudeofManCover-1.jpg)
Get that for cheerful!
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Nice one dude, really like the choons! Congrats on the reviews, well deserved methinks! :D
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First review of the full length, which is friendly, swish!
http://sonicshocks.com/CHRONOCIDE-The-Solitude-Of-Man.php
http://www.myspace.com/chronocide
http://chronocide.bigcartel.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chronocide/130830966955095
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-solitude-of-man/id392430963
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Well done, that man. Great reviews!
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Now on Spotify:
http://open.spotify.com/album/1oyRAJ4wIKIR1cM5RApq0u
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Few new reviews, pretty positive, which is nice, if only folks would fling me a couple extra quid :lol:
Zero Tolerance, Cackblabbath, Metal Hammer and OneMetal:
A brilliant debut full-length from the Scottish duo that they like to call blackened grind. Well, everything has to have a label, right? It's an accurate enough description, though, and musically this is as close to a marriage of Marduk and Anaal Nathrakh with its relentless blasts, searing vocals and a caustic mix at the hands of Mick Kenney. Actually, there's nothing really left to say that could describe this any better. Marduk and Nathrakh with Kenney at the helm. You know the drill. It doesn't let up for a second, and if that's the kind of brainmelt you're into, you'll absolutely love this.
John Norby
(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/neilerskine/CackblabbathReview-1.png)
(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/neilerskine/Untitled-28.png)(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/neilerskine/Clipping-MetalHammerReview.png)
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Nice one nfe. A bit rich for my palette but I am pleased that you are getting recognition.
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Transpires we're on Amazon.co.uk too, I had no idea :lol:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0043AZ21A/ref=dm_sp_adp
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You can hear me club the English language near to death (as well as CLEARLY get caught off guard by some questions, with a plethora of dead air and "erms") on a wee interview on this radio show.
http://radiomagnetic.com/main-features/episode-15-feat-chronocide-gojira-raven-woods-and-more/
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Damn, I'd love to hear what all the fuss is about. But I have to wait till July that's when my internet provider will lift this silly restriction, at the moment I cannot do anything that's considered to be heavy usage, unfortunetly your music tracks fall under their list of no nos for the time being. :cry:
EDIT: I'm not Joking.
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I love the fact this advert popped up when I was listening, looks like you might have a new genre name, Perforated Metal:
(http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/9893/perforatedmetal.png) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/836/perforatedmetal.png/)
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Amazing!
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+1 for tightness and musical skills. Ferocious and I mean that in a good way.
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(http://images.instagram.com/media/2011/06/23/40f84fc1b659499ab6a6629d605371d6_7.jpg)
So beautiful it makes me cry
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Awesome stuff man! both the reviews and (once again) the music! if only canada-land had a post office these days, can i buy a download or anything from you directly? i'd love a CD but our postal woes make it difficult.
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Cheers folks.
Not directly Keven, but you can buy it from iTunes. Which can only encourage FETO to release the next one, too :)
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This is rockin'. Very rockin' indeed.
Also, I am loving the shite out of the 40k reference with the "Eversor" name. Makes sense together with the music too!
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Better than one of those rubbish Callidus clowns.
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Actually, I'd be interested to hear what Callidus-inspired music might sound like. Would it perhaps be the sound of a disturbingly good cover band?
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:lol: I think it probably would. Or current era GnR, maybe.
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:lol: I think it probably would. Or current era GnR, maybe.
:crazy2:
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Current era GnR would be a pack of clueless Nurglings fronted by a particularly bloated (figuratively and literately) Herald of the 6th Chaos T'watch, the god of being a tw@t.
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I cant really get enough of this, the only thing i would like to have changed is the drum machine.
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Thanks man. Change it how? I always think my drum programming is my weakest point.
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Definetly a better program. the beats are good. Its just too wooly and digital. download/invest in Dfh2 or something similar.
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I always think BFD2 sounds far, far more genuine than DFH, I just don't mix it well I reckon, the sounds are way more authentic sounding than the super-modern metalized DFH sounds to my ears.
EDIT: I recently got the "BFD Heavy" add on pack though, which I think has made a bit of a difference.
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Well thats just a matter of opinion :) i like clear elements in a murky production :)
Anaal's drum machine is awesome imo
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That's Superior Drummer 2 nowadays, Mick used to use an old Akai drum machine or something I think. I do think Mick gets great drum sounds, but he does whether it's programmed or mixing real drums. So I continue to feel it's my mixes rather than the original sounds. MDV has been giving me some pointers and I think it's getting there. Should be a split out soon with quite different sounds to the first record.
All that said, I would like to try out some other programmes too but money forbids it.
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cant wait for it :) Im still writing new stuff for the new project. I just keep endning up between wanting to play speedrock ala Zeke or all out agressive powerviolence. Cant really mix those two.. or i cant :P
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I've got 60 minutes of music finished, vocals on four tracks are done. So that's the second album plus a couple splits hopefully (40 minutes I feel is plenty for a record in the style before it gets fatiguing).
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Theres enough for 2 full lengths :P 20 mins is more than enough for any good record.
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Ha! It's 16 tracks of music. First album has 12 including the intro/outro noise things, but Drugzilla are going to do those for the next album hopefully.
So if we ran with that it'd be an album and a half, I suppose.
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xD Loomer's bands debut is almost done being mastered atm. Thats good shite too.
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Sweet, make sure he lets us all know when it's out.
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Sweet, make sure he lets us all know when it's out.
I think he will post some tracks asap xD
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OH WILL HE NOW?! :lol:
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Hiya nfe now I'm not going to say if I like it or not so no pat on the back or scathing comments from me to your new magnum opus.
For that is irrelevant, but what is relevant is that you remain true to yourself and don't compromise your music for no
f--ker or nothing. And sod to the critics if they like it good if not flip them the digit.
For every 3 dudes that don't like it you will find half a dozen that do.
Now I don't know how much of it is a true extension of your musical expression. Or whether your doing it just in the hope of making a quick buck, but as long as you enjoy what your doing and the direction your moving in who cares.
I wish you every success in your endeavours and may you truly reap the recognition you think you deserve.
P.S. You need to get a good publicity machine going to get noticed and to remain noticed.
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I hadn't listened to any of the songs on the assumption that it wouldn't be my thing, but it's pretty good (listening to children of thalidomide on spotify now).
My only input would be to second the points people are making about the drums... the section of CoT at about 2.52 (gets repeated elsewhere too) grates a bit, although it could be my lack of familiarity with crust music.
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Yeah that's just a blast beat, and is prevalent in grindcore/death metal/black metal. Less so in crust stuff, mind. I imagine if it doesn't immediately appeal, then it probably can get quite abrasive. Which is the point, really :lol:
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You'd be hard pressed to find something I love more than gratuitous blast beats :lol:
To each his own, I guess!
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Some journo interviewed the other guitarist in my doom band.
http://www.thrashhits.com/2011/08/future-hits-086-sunsmasher/
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I got quite a chuckle out of the part with you falling asleep in front of that punk band :lol:
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You should do a review of the punk bands gig for some local music rag, which should read in its entirety:
"Dunno, fell asleep"
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"Good gig; Woke up well-rested, although with minor back pains. 7 out of 10."
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I just recall waking up in that post-drunk-snooze haze and not knowing what was going on and thinking, "oh, almost fell asleep there, that last band must be about to come on" and then:
"Neil, c'mon, load out."
"Oh."