Originally Posted by
Magtig
Dear Chris Vrenna, when you said that we'd never be able to tell that the drums on the new Manson record were made with BFD (a soft synth drum machine) I figured you knew your shit. I have since discovered the stiff as fuck drumming on the record. I can tell. Even if I wouldn't have known they were made with a drum machine specifically, I still would have thought they were as stiff and lifeless. They lack dynamics especially the unconvincing snare hits, toms, and hihats, and they're way, way too perfect in terms of timing and tempo. In short, they're incredibly fucking generic, and now it's all I can think about during most of the songs.
The drumming on this record is fucking terrible, except when it's actual electronic drum sounds. That stuff is hardly revolutionary, but it ain't nearly as bad as the stuff that's pretending to be a live drummer,
- Magtig