Alliance of Thieves

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Alliance of Thieves
Meshiaak's studio album

Publication
(s)

19th August 2016

Label (s) Mascot Records

Genre (s)

Thrash metal

Title (number)

9

running time

47 min 34 s

occupation
  • Guitar: Dean Wells

production

Dean Wells

Studio (s)

JingleTown Recording, Oakland
Shredville Studios, Melbourne

chronology
- Alliance of Thieves Mask of All Misery
(2019)

Alliance of Thieves ( English for Alliance of Thieves ) is the first studio album by the Australian thrash metal band Meshiaak . The album was released on August 19, 2016 via Mascot Records .

Emergence

After Meshiaak was signed to the Dutch record label Mascot Records in March 2015 , the musicians began working on their debut album. The songs for the album were written by guitarists Danny Camilleri and Dean Wells, with the theme song Alliance of Thieves being completed first. With the song material in place, Camilleri, Wells, and bassist Nick Walker flew to Oakland , California to rehearse with San Diego- based drummer Jon Dette .

At the suggestion of Dean Wells, drummer Jon Dette recorded his parts analogue on two-inch tape . Dette wanted to achieve a warmer, more powerful sound. Since the musicians in Australia could not find a suitable studio , the drums were recorded in the JingleTown Recording Studio in Oakland. The studio is owned by the punk rock band Green Day . Dette only started practicing his parts two weeks before the start of recording in order to have an aggressive and fresh feel for the songs. Dette's recordings were later not quantized or subsequently processed on the computer.

“We just wanted a big drum sound. There are so many great metal albums out there today, but they all sound the same in terms of sound. I wanted to have this authenticity. "

- Jon Dette

After Dette had recorded the drums, the three other musicians flew back to Australia to finish recording in the Shredville Studio in Melbourne . The studio is owned by Dean Wells, who also did production. The production was very stressful for Wells because he was also producing the new album Her Halo for his main band Teramaze . In addition to guitar and the production, Wells also contributed some background vocals . The album was mixed by Jacob Hansen . For the two songs Drowning, Fading, Falling and At the Edge of the World were music videos rotated.

Track list

  1. Chronicles of the Dead - 6:06
  2. It Burns at Both Ends - 5:25
  3. I Am Among You - 5:08
  4. Drowning, Fading, Falling - 4:53
  5. At the Edge of the World - 4:32
  2. Last Breath Taken - 4:10
  3. Maniacal - 5:44
  4. Alliance of Thieves - 5:59
  5. Death of an Anthem - 5:37

reception

Holger Stratmann from the German magazine Rock Hard described Alliance of Thieves as a "bang" and as an "explosive mixture that a Thrash fan should have heard in 2016". He also highlighted the guitarist Dean Wells, who, in addition to “smart leads ”, also “makes you sit up and take notice” with his understanding of melodies. However, Stratmann criticized the fact that "one sometimes misses the big cinema that the titans of this musical genre presented in their early works". Stratmann awarded 8.5 out of ten points for the “perfectly produced debut album”. Erik Tweedy from the online magazine Hard Rock Haven spoke of an "excellent debut album". The band doesn't need any comparisons as they “stand for themselves with excellent songwriting, structure and musical ability”. Tweedy also awarded 8.5 out of ten points. According to Audrey Gerrard from the online magazine Metal as Fuck , the album has not had a bad moment. Alliance of Thieves is a "masterful performance of four incredibly passionate metal musicians who collaborated to record an amazing album". For Gerrard, the album could "become a classic".

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Meshiaak (Dean Wells). (No longer available online.) NoiseFull, archived from the original on October 3, 2016 ; accessed on October 3, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / noisefull.com
  2. ^ A b Kris Peters: INTERVIEW Meshiaak. Heavymag, accessed October 3, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b Ronny Bittner: 7,000 miles west . In: Rock Hard , October 2016, page 76
  4. ↑ Plugga73: Dean Wells - Meshiaak 'Thrash Alliance'. Wall of Sound, accessed November 11, 2019 .
  5. ^ Holger Stratmann: Meshiaak - Alliance of Thieves. Rock Hard, accessed October 3, 2016 .
  6. ^ Erik Tweedy: Meshiaak - Alliance of Thieves. Hard Rock Haven, accessed October 3, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Audrey Gerrard: Meshiaak - Alliance of Thieves. Metal as Fuck, accessed October 4, 2016 .

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