This is surprisingly not as bad as I was expecting. But it's still not good. It's generic thrash with horrible production. It's competently played but the songs are pretty boring. The vocals are half-talked/half-shouted and mixed low, so you can barely hear them at times. On the other hand, the bass is mixed pretty loud, so that's a good thing. Strangely enough, the final track -- the instrumental "Living Inferno" -- showed some potential before it faded out. Why they decided to fade it out after just over a minute baffles me. But other than that, this 7 minute demo is really just a curiosity at this point; there's nothing here really notable.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Scalpal - 1990 demo
This is surprisingly not as bad as I was expecting. But it's still not good. It's generic thrash with horrible production. It's competently played but the songs are pretty boring. The vocals are half-talked/half-shouted and mixed low, so you can barely hear them at times. On the other hand, the bass is mixed pretty loud, so that's a good thing. Strangely enough, the final track -- the instrumental "Living Inferno" -- showed some potential before it faded out. Why they decided to fade it out after just over a minute baffles me. But other than that, this 7 minute demo is really just a curiosity at this point; there's nothing here really notable.
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Wow! I have not seen this demo since I recorded it. This is me Paul L. The drummer for Scalpal. I was not happy with that demo. No one in the band was. I had to do the drums via a Drumkat machine. It made playing very tedious and shitty! I have rehearsal videos that we filmed in our practice space practicing these songs. We always sounded better live. There is various live videos, practice tapes, fliers to our shows, pictures, etc. Get back to me J. NUZZBAUM! We can chat and maybe I can send you a link to our practice videos.
ReplyDeleteThanks!!
-p