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  1. Alec Ferris
    I agree that quite often the heavy sections don't hit hard enough. I'd prefer something like how Mastodon and Deftones' albums sound (except Adrenaline and the self-titled) in that the instruments are all audible even in the heaviest moments.
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    Hoodoo. On the way back from a kayaking trip in Scotland I listened through the whole of BHaR as well as Them Crooked Vultures and Editors' The Back Room, and that song really stuck
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    Falling Away With You. Partly as I've just got back from a kayaking trip to Scotland, and a friend was constantly playing it on an acoustic guitar.
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    I'd like to see them cover a Deftones one, though I don't think "My Own Summer" or "Minerva" would really suit them. Maybe Change but I can see Knife Party working if Matt really went for it with the falsetto, and with a guitar solo replacing the female vocals. Or maybe one of the other cuts from Superunknown, Fresh Tendrils would be pretty nice.
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    City of Delusion. Love the crash of Dom's drums in the chorus.
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    Couldn't have put it better. It could do with some more muscle in the mix, though I'd say that for all three albums post-Origin. I'd like the new album to have a harsher mix, perhaps like that on Unknown Pleasures- have Chris' bass a bit deeper but still prominent in the mix.
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    I think the production's pretty good, though I think Absolution could do with a job that brings out a bit more oomph in the guitar, rawer than the original mix. I reckon Origin has a better sound overall, while their subsequent stuff is just a little to slick. In terms of sound, I'm quite glad Muse didn't go with Rick Rubin as a producer for The Resistance, seeing as I've found the sound of quite a lot of things he's produced lately a bit "flat" or "colourless". A Thousand Suns by Linkin Park being a good example- I thought the album was pretty good, but I felt that on tracks like "Blackout" and "Wretches and Kings" the guitars and distorted synths lacked impact. Same problem with "The Subliminal Verses" - I don't think it's possible to completely take the edge off Jim Root and Mick Thompson's guitar playing, but certainly the guitars don't create the monstrous walls of noise that you get on their previous and subsequent work. Maybe they should get Robinson to produce the new album? Contentious I know, but what are anyone's views on that?
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    Does anyone know who remastered "Bleach" by Nirvana? I thought that was a pretty good job.
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    Think I might've done, though that might have been a different thread. Reminds me of NIN in the way it builds.
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    I think it would benefit from having the guitars made a bit more raw. I reckon they should get Trent Reznor to do it, his remastering of "Pretty Hate Machine" really improved the sound of that album.
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    Absolution's my favourite album, period, so I'm in favour of anything that improves the overall sound.
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    Is it likely that Absolution will be remastered for its 10th anniversary? I don't find much to fault with the production myself compared to other albums. Ones like Metallica's "And Justice For All" (very reedy sound) and Slipknot's "The Subliminal Verses" (though it's my favourite album by them, I think the guitars and drums have less impact than in their other work) have considerably bigger faults in the production than any of Muse's catalogue in my opinion.
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    Hoodoo. I've also appreciated their heavier songs more since I got into Deftones, Tool and SoaD- there are lots of bands who rip their styles off but with Muse you can hear how the influences are integrated into their songs.
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    Futurism and Dark Shines, also in preparation for Reading praying Futurism gets played as it barely ever has been.
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    The Small Print. Trying out my new Sennheisers and found that the bass-driven sound brings so much crunch into the chorus guitar; the riffing sounds as heavy as "Duality".
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