Ultimate band influences for sound/production/tones

Phantasmagoria

Phantasmagoria

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Bands/players that had the biggest influence on your/your bands sound.. For us as a band (purely for sound and our approach to recording....old school/practicaly live/no clicks etc) it would have to be ...Manilla Road.


Everyone in the band is a longtime fan ...me, personally, since I first heard The Deluge in the late 80's. I have all their albums on CD and my fave is probably "Out of The Abyss" tied w/ " The Deluge" though I love them all...

Anyway ..always been a fan of their raw lo-fi-ish unpolished sound and all our band's productions have been pretty much the same



....think they may have had a bit of influence on our songwriting as well ..along with other's like Candlemass, Trouble, Autopsy, Morbid Angel, Celtic Frost, Sabbath etc. ::bigthumb:
 
Feel free to share your/your band's influences with regards to..guitar tones, productions, recording techniques, preferred gear etc...
 
Well Mark Shelton from Manilla Road was a huge fan of bands like Sabbath, Purple, Uriah Heep etc...as are all the guy's in our band..

Not related to '71-75 Purple maybe but I recently jammed on an Engl Steve Morse amp a friend of mine just bought & it wa f'n awesome!
 
I would say none. I can not think of a time when a production style, tone, or technique influenced me to do something in the studio. Typically, I have a vision of what I want walking in and have an idea of what I think the recording should sound like. That being said I have read a lot about production on the technical and historical side and I am sure that knowledge influences my choices. But never have I walked in with a vision of sounding like VHII or Darkside of the Moon.
 
Glyn Johns (Zep, Stones, Kinks,.... everybody) made a production master piece in Ghost of Cain with New Model Army....

The bass tone seperation and clarity and punch interacting with the Drums perfectly haunts me.

 
I don't hear Manilla Road trying to find the right notes by fumbling around with obnoxious wide bends and whammy bars .
 
Interestingly enough, our engineer came to hear us practice live today and get some ideas. Not once did anyone say I want my drums to sound like Bill Ward or make my bass sound like Geddy. but everyone had tonal descriptors of what they want the end product to sound like.

I also found out today that the Black Winter and the Dimebucker go together in a mix like peanut butter and jelly.
 
As far as mixes, this is the one that got me into production, and the one that I reference the most. I'm obsessed with that guitar sound. Sounds soooooo Swedish Melodeath 90's:



I also really really like this. To me, this is kinda like many people's Black Album as far as heavy mixes go. This is what IMO downtuned Metal with catchy melodies should sound like:



Although it's starting to sound kinda dated, this will always hold a special place in my heart. This is a good example of a band making due with the gear they have:



From recent times, this hits soooooo hard:



And a special mention goes to this:

 
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Securb said:
I would say none. I can not think of a time when a production style, tone, or technique influenced me to do something in the studio. Typically, I have a vision of what I want walking in and have an idea of what I think the recording should sound like. That being said I have read a lot about production on the technical and historical side and I am sure that knowledge influences my choices. But never have I walked in with a vision of sounding like VHII or Darkside of the Moon.
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I would'nt say we ever wanted to sound like Manilla Road. Just have a similar approach....bare-bones & as basic/raw as possible, not overdo things production-wise...keep things real in the studio etc....
 
@ Guitar Doc: Please analyse this deeply and give me your verdict..

Starts off with a cool "James Bond" vibe and yes, a sweet solo at the end full of all the things you love.

https://bizarreleprous.bandcamp.com/track/mortuary-of-debauchery




As far as the massive production goes. This was my "Metal End" distortion pedal straight out into my Nux Loop Core loop pedal using the pedal's analog speaker sim. This was using the Loop Core strictly as recorder ( before I got Reaper)

"Bass" was with my guitar using a Zoom G1Xon "Bass sim" patch.. into the Loop Core

"Drums" were from my little Korg KR Mini drum machine...into the Loop Core..

"Vokills" were courtesy my buddy Vik into the Loop Core...

Everything out from the looper and mixed in Audacity

Mastered for $25 on fiverr.com :bigthumb:

CD released 2017 on https://bizarreleprous.bandcamp.com/ where you can also hear a good many of the world's finest Porn & Gore-grind exponents :bigok:
 
Phantasmagoria said:
I take it you enjoyed the solo?
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Not the type of "music" that I enjoy. I really like just about all types of music, especially rock, but there's really not much to hold my attention there. When you hear a couple measures you've heard the whole song, or at least everything that it has to offer. Gets boring fast. I MUCH prefer classical to that. It's way more intricate and involved and sophisticated. Every time I listen to it, I hear something new and intriguing. (I guess that has something to do with mastery of theory and expression). You should try it sometime.
 
Thanks but I'll just stick with porn/goregrind. Never get bored & I find it very gratifying to play & listen to :bigthumb:
 
^^ As for our influences, they're pretty varied. Obviously classic "Reek...." era Carcass, Impetigo, Repulsion, Autopsy, Necrophagia etc, plus relatively more recent acts like Mortician, Regurgitate, Exhumed, Lymphatic Phlegm, CBT, Plasma, Rompeprop, Lordgore, ...King Diamond/Helstar for the atmosphere/riffage, Bach/Beethoven/Mozart for the porn intro's & so on..
 
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