Post Reply - New Atheist

Choy

 andyman1125 wrote:

To be honest (I'm going to piss all you fanboys off
right here) I didn't like this album. I love Unquestionable Presence,
but this album was a downer for me. It seemed a little dry.

You know . . .

I was going to write a detailed review a few weeks after I got it (2 days before the official release date 

My local Record Store somehow gets some pretty cool stuff early) but because of work and being soo damn

tired, I got lazy.

Let me say that I understand, I do like it but agree its not the GREAT "Unquestionable Presence", but I still

need to give it more spins, but Tracks will definitely make it on my Compilation CD's.

I think for me its 2 things:  The Vocals and Lack of that "Bass Sound" we were used to.

Schaffer has gotten a bit more aggressive (vocally) and I think it takes away the sound of the musicality,

but I'm sure I'll get used to it (If I can get through the vocals on Thordendals "Special Defects" I can on this

one too ).

The biggest thing for me is the Bass.  If any of you had read all the Roadrunner/Blabbermouth stuff between

Tony Choy and Schaffer, let me say this:

Schaffer can go on about the Late-great Roger Patterson, that he "wrote" the parts that Choy plays on

"Unquestionable...", but whom I'm hearing and lived with all these years was Choy.

Choy's work on the 2nd and "Elements" is outstanding, and he has that signature tone, "Slapping" and

finger galloping.  That said, what we have on "Jupiter" is a Guitarist playing a Bass, not a Bassist playing

Bass Guitar, nobody's fault, just thats what it is and its a bit lackluster.

But the album is full of crazy time sigs, left-turns and thats what I wanted . . . just with Choy .

Heres a "short" version of what happened:

http://gunshyassassin.com/news/atheist-bassist-responds-to-band%E2%80%99s-shit-talk/#

What now interests me is the New project with Choy (read at end of article) and members of

Aghora and King Diamond! 

Recent Note:

I was a little pissed off that the "Foil/Digi-pack"  version I ordered didnt have any Bonus tracks myself .

Okay the foil version of the cover is nice but come on!  Add something along with the sticker! 

Edited by MAVIIIVAM - 20 Mar 2011 at 12:11am