The studio room they recorded is called: "The Mush Room"On my €100 phone Stratego sounds great but with €400 headphones it sounds mushy in places. I dont think that its Kevin fault.
The studio room they recorded is called: "The Mush Room"On my €100 phone Stratego sounds great but with €400 headphones it sounds mushy in places. I dont think that its Kevin fault.
It really does. Drums do not sound like that. It sounds great and awesome, but it does not sound organic.In here we even went as far as saying that Firepower sounds artificial, are you for real???
He was sick multiple times and had a torn Achilles’ tendon. I saw him in DC/Bristow on the 2019 leg and he kept running back to the drum riser to grab tissues. He had a hard time physically on the second half of the tour not because his voice was an issue per se, but his health was definitely compromised. I’m expecting Senjutsu to sound as clear vocally as he did on the 2018 leg of the tour since he’s in the studio and doesn’t have to run around. And based on the two songs released so far, I’m right. He sounds great!I just hope that this is Bruce natural voice, and it is not polished in mix. Because on last leg of LOTB tour he was really struggling.
So on Mexico album he was sick?He was sick multiple times and had a torn Achilles’ tendon. I saw him in DC/Bristow on the 2019 leg and he kept running back to the drum riser to grab tissues. He had a hard time physically on the second half of the tour not because his voice was an issue per se, but his health was definitely compromised. I’m expecting Senjutsu to sound as clear vocally as he did on the 2018 leg of the tour since he’s in the studio and doesn’t have to run around. And based on the two songs released so far, I’m right. He sounds great!
If he wasn’t sick he was absolutely recovering from just being sick and his ankle/heel was still torn/compromised. For someone who moves around as much as he does and sings with as much energy as he does, and his age, he really needs to be at 100% health wise to sound his best. I’ve gotten over colds and still had lingering coughs and such for weeks. Then following his cold he was hit with some stomach flu shit in S America.So on Mexico album he was sick?
This whole "singer X was sick on Y date" has become such a meme in the metal scene. It is mostly used as an excuse for a bad performance. No, Bruce was not sick from 86-89 for a thousand days in a row. He was just burned out by excessive singing. The same can be true nowadays, no sickness needed. Anyone who sings understands that the vocal cords are very fragile and will fail on you for the most pathetic reasons.If he wasn’t sick he was absolutely recovering from just being sick and his ankle/heel was still torn/compromised. For someone who moves around as much as he does and sings with as much energy as he does, and his age, he really needs to be at 100% health wise to sound his best. I’ve gotten over colds and still had lingering coughs and such for weeks. Then following his cold he was hit with some stomach flu shit in S America.
I think he was past his illness by the Mexico show, but it still would’ve absolutely affected his singing.
Edit: Just looking at the dates, the Mexico City shows happened just two months after I saw them. As sick as Bruce appeared to be, and he didn’t have any time time to really rest and heal, combined with his age, which makes healing slower and the aforementioned torn ankle, his singing would’ve absolutely been compromised on the NotD album. His actual high notes on that album sound really good. He doesn’t sound strained or pitchy. But he does sound short of breath, which is what I’d expect. It’s noticeable during Where Eagles Dare how short of breath he is.
Riiiight, but nobody was excusing Bruce's 80's performances. They were specifically pointing at his health during the LOTB tour, which wasn't great near the end. I saw the band twice on that tour, and Bruce had a lot more vocal gusto at the first show. He went after it so hard that he ended up blowing out his voice around Fear of the Dark, and struggled. The second time, he never went as hard and made it to the end. But yeah, he was not well - because of the cold, because of the foot, because of lots of things - and just singing every second night for months at a time is hard on anyone, let alone a 61 year old throat cancer survivor with a torn Achilles tendon and a cold.This whole "singer X was sick on Y date" has become such a meme in the metal scene. It is mostly used as an excuse for a bad performance. No, Bruce was not sick from 86-89 for a thousand days in a row. He was just burned out by excessive singing. The same can be true nowadays, no sickness needed. Anyone who sings understands that the vocal cords are very fragile and will fail on you for the most pathetic reasons.