Comments on: Vildhjarta – Masstaden

By: DK777

DK777 — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:41:31 +0000

Feb. 2012: picked this up on a whim yesterday; had my mind destroyed as I listened in the car; and read this review this morning.

Fantastic album, excellent review.

I do hear the dissonance of those low strings, but to my ears it adds tension, not annoyance. And yeah, I’d LOVE to see/hear this band live!

By: dustbowl

dustbowl — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:42:24 +0000

bought this album based solely on this review and i am totally glad i did.

By: GW

GW — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:28:50 +0000

The guitar tone is fine. It is the pitch of the low strings, that are sharp, all the time, that annoy folks who are big on pitch. It isn’t a good fault to have. If the tone was scruffy here and there or whatever, that would be ok. I like the writing and music for the most part.

Those sharp low notes irritate!

By: E. Thomas

E. Thomas — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:30:12 +0000

Love it. The deep vocals make it more death metal sounding also. As a casual listener, not a musician, I think the guitar tone is sick

By: jerry

jerry — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:29:36 +0000

that problem would be avoided if they had the right gauge string for whatever set up they are using. some prefer that sound, and you can hear it on six string guitars too such as on Hypocrisy’s Osculum Obscenum record.

By: GW

GW — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:29:11 +0000

One problem with this album: The tuning of the bottom of the 8 strings.
It sounds like they tune the lowest string, which has the least tension right at pitch and then slam the string hard and quick. The effect is often low notes that are annoyingly sharp, sounding very strange and obtrusive.

I like the music quite a bit but you have to adjust those 8 string guitars, including tuning them a little flat on the bottom end for stabbing riffs.

It could be most wouldn’t hear this, but now that i have mentioned it…sorry.

By: gordeth

gordeth — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:12:47 +0000

I would’ve guessed folk metal.

By: AARONIUS

AARONIUS — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:31:11 +0000

Yeah, I wondered why everyone was talking about this band, as the artwork and un-pronouncable swedish name had me thinking they were some sort of goth/operatic/doom type band, but after this review these guys sound like they would be right up my alley.

Also Choasphere from Meshuggah still blows my mind.

By: stiffy

stiffy — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:28:41 +0000

I thought this was an operatic album like Nightwish or something with that cover art. Now I’m intrigued

By: E. Thomas

E. Thomas — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:41:22 +0000

album streaming here: http://www.guitarworld.com/exclusive-vildhjarta-streaming-new-album-m-sstaden

By: E. Thomas

E. Thomas — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:32:02 +0000

I should look into this as ive been on a bit of a djent kick of late