This point is pretty funny as, whilst I think Tobias' live vocals are good, they have never played Guiding Lights live before.
Fuck me, haha. Anyway, to my untrained ears, I can't hear any Auto-Tune on the album.
Agreed, there is a pretty distinctive style to Ghost's vocals but it has always seemed to me to be largely due to the huge amounts of layering to create an almost choral effect. TF is not a natural powerhouse vocalist like a Bruce Dickinson or a Rob Halford so he has gone with a different approach that works well for the band and their music.
He is tuned, same as close to everybody else, but subtly.
That's fine! It's subjective anyway. I never liked fade-outs and the one in Hell On Earth frustrates me even more, because that final riff isn't the best. If the song had to fade out I would've preferred the part right before/the intro with its gorgeous melody repeating until silence. Other epics of his like The Legacy (yeah, co-written) or FTGGOG don't fade out, yet they have a definitive and satisfying ending with gravitas, summing up the previous 10 minutes of music in what I consider a much more cathartic way. No one said the song had to have an abrupt ending. Live it obviously didn't have a fade out, they could've ended the studio version in the same way and it would've been even better in my eyes.I hear ya but considering it's the last song on the album, possibly the last album (I'm certain Steve thought it was probably the last), I don't mind it. I find it an emotional, cathartic song, I think the words reflect Steve confronting growing older, magical days running out, all the things that have gone before and it's sad. I imagine writing a song like that myself and it wouldn't feel appropriate to end it abruptly. The drawn out sway at the end is almost like the slowing of a heart rate, the dwindling of a spirit, the slow leak of magic from this world. So there
It's hilarious to me how The Prophecy features two fade-outs in a row. First the distorted guitars fade out, we get the lovely acoustic folk outro which then also fades out lol
I love the intro and outro of hell on earth. X factor vibe, then the song turns into an early reunion sound. Senjutstu album for me its like a mix of xfactor virtual xi and after reunion sound.That's fine! It's subjective anyway. I never liked fade-outs and the one in Hell On Earth frustrates me even more, because that final riff isn't the best. If the song had to fade out I would've preferred the part right before/the intro with its gorgeous melody repeating until silence. Other epics of his like The Legacy (yeah, co-written) or FTGGOG don't fade out, yet they have a definitive ending with gravitas, summing up the previous 10 minutes of music in what I consider a much more cathartic way. No one said the song had to have an abrupt ending. Live it obviously didn't have a fade out, they could've ended the studio version in the same way and it would've been even better in my eyes.
That's obviously just my opinion though. Fade-outs are simply one of my musical pet peeves
It's hilarious to me how The Prophecy features two fade-outs in a row. First the distorted guitars fade out, we get the lovely acoustic folk outro which then also fades out lol
He had no say on the production, as usual. You may love his work on that record, but you can not overestimate it. Steve picked in his demos the three songs he wanted on the record, they recorded it and used two for the singles, which is easy to understand, as the others were to long.
Awful lot of the new album went unplayed. Which is a shame considering how strong it is.
Of course not, he doesn't do it on purpose, he just like to write longer songs. Maybe because he is very creative with the lyrics and melodies and stuff.
Some songs, for sure.
It's like a Janick signature in the studio, and they like to put more melodic parts. They write what they like and enjoy.
No repetition of the chorus is the biggest crime, the outro works well for the song. Too long? No doubt.
I wondered if we could hear one noticeably heavier (and faster, a bit of a BL vibe imagine) song with Simon. I kind of doubt it, Steve will want the classic Maiden style.
Opinions and all, but given how borderline nonsensical some of Steve's lyrics on Senjutsu were I found "very creative with the lyrics" kinda funny.
