Darkthrone - Panzerfaust
Let’s run through the list: Tape hiss - check. Terrible mix - check. “Atmosphere” - check. Vocals which totally drown out the music - check. Was this recorded using two microphones in Darkthrone’s practice space? Or maybe it was the classic direct-to-stereo-jam-box, with Intellivision sound blocker controls… Whatever the recording method was, these desecrators are adamant that their music be buried behind multiple layers of tape hiss (I swear that it sounds like they added extra hiss, or maybe used a 10th generation analog tape for their master copy), and terrible production. And that’s really a shame, since when there are no vocals to hide them, the riffs almost obliterate the hiss, and the drums can sometimes be heard. Why they think that “true” Black Metal must have terrible production is anyone’s guess, but if they would have recorded in a studio more suited to music than Necrohell (which is clearly the studio to use if you ever want to get a great hiss sound), and didn’t use all their recording money for hookers and Ripple, this might have really been the unholy monster they wanted it to be, rather than the noisy mess it is.
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