Last week, giant leader Nergal He talked about the state of modern metal and how polished his records have become. There was a lot of backlash against NergalThe opinion of, who began by saying “Ninety-nine percent of records sound robotic. Every damn click, every kick, every snare, every part of the record is exactly the same.”
Now in a new video, the guitarist Old England Supported Nergal He added that “it’s the mistakes and the grooves that make an album unique.” Which is true in some cases, but it also depends on what you’re looking for in your music. Hyper-technical death metal bands might not want their instruments to sound too quiet, while your average stoner metal band needs to groove as loudly as possible.
“Online metal news magazines can quote me when I say that these are the words of an old metal fart, just like me,” he said. England“I absolutely agree with what is said here.
“A guy like me and a guy like Nergal – We like it when things have rhythm. I’ve said it many times, but I like to leave mistakes in the albums, because it’s the mistakes and the rhythms that make an album unique. Nergal He is receiving a lot of criticism for his statements, but to a certain extent I agree with him.”
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