to each his own, i guess...

i think it's his unique playing ( unique as far as FNM guitarists go) that sells TRT and AD for me.... that thrashy snapping guitar with some sack...
i'm sure he wanted a more metallic sound for that record like the sound on TRT... but he ended up losing the war to patton's vision(s)... the other guys knew patton was the meal ticket in the band and didn't wanna alienate him... so out went martin... and in walked patton's boy from mr bungle...the real thing was written (at least musically) before patton came on board.. you can see the huge difference stylistically on AD because of patton's influence... but there's no doubt that him and martin clashed when it came to how they wanted the band to sound... jim liked it old school... any fan of mike knows that he likes to "experiment"...in fact.. if you pay attention to some of the lyrics on AD ... you can tell some of them are aimed at martin....but you have trey spruance or jon hudson playing guitar on those records... and the magic of them disappears.. there i go.. rambling again.... i don't even know why i care.. they ain't playing in the states anyway...

i don't think that would be a bad thing....

this interview didn't seem to be a whole hell of a lot different than the billboard one...
and every time someone asks about new shit.. he shuts it down and says "we're focusing on this one"......
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focusing on what, exactly? making videos and not showing them to anyone?
letting one of the most anticipated records in recording history die with a whimper and a sigh? 3 "interviews" since november..that's it?   what the fuck are they waiting for? this is beyond pathetic at this point.
when they announced the release date.. they mentioned something about "monumental promotion".. monumentally non fucking existent...?
if this is focus... i shudder to think how things would progress if their approach was lazy and meandering...

Lamb of God.. wrath...
i'm using the "producer" cd to make a remix as we speak