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DIE (10 year anniversary edition)

by DIE

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Ideal 01:52
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Soft Soil 06:51
Shouldn't stutter how mechanic don't worry they can fix it just forget it she's not worth it you could kill him would she notice? all that crying just a phase I'm now worried it's all trickery worth the trouble? all that vomit... we'll joke later I am tired please leave, the sooner the better farewell, I can't stand the sight of you when your eyes have life in them hidden faces while you're sleeping are you crazy or just smarter he'll be laughing how mechanic don't you worry I could kill him are you crying? go to her you'll feel better open lungs I will drown her to make me happy she'll see clearer underwater please leave, the sooner the better farewell, I can't stand the sight of you when your eyes have life in them it's all the same we are evil voices louder getting closer all the while hatred burning tell yourself you are special don't believe it start to injure I will drown her to stop the voices she'll see clearer underwater at the ocean when I grab you listen closely as I whisper: "Tell your children I won't hurt them." Death makes her realize that I've always cared as she's pinned underwater gasping for air We are evil It's the same...
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about

DIE was first formed in the winter of 2003 as a recording project between Jack Young and myself. It was my first foray into my own death metal band and it was also my first year of having my own computer and non-shitty internet as well, so my musical palette had become widely increased at that point. Opeth, Emperor, and lots of Dan Swanö albums were constantly in rotation at the time.

Surprisingly, as the original tracks from the first demo also mark some of our first entries into digital recording, these tracks are not mixed all that bad considering neither one of us had any idea what we were doing when it came to recording on the computer "properly." We were just trying stuff out and seeing if we liked it or not. Granted, these songs are now actually mastered, finally, after ten years.

The first song written and recorded was "Soft Soil." I had the chord progressions for the guitars (the verse riff is slightly stolen from Dave Matthews, don't tell anybody) and Jack finished up the drums. One of my favorite guitar solos I have ever done is on this song, with the backwards lead totally being a Hendrix/Frusciante tribute to experimentation, which was always a hallmark of DIE songs, trying stuff that was atypical to "metal" and just having a "let's see what happens if we do this!" type of mentality.

The album was first released in April of 2004 with 8 or 9 songs depending on which version you had, with "The Test," "Lifted and Taken," and "Orbital" being omitted here since they were re-recorded for future releases. It was distributed to some labels to which a few politely responded with "record some more songs" and also the classic "are you thinking of getting a real drummer?" Some were given to friends and family and we also possibly sold a few at later shows in 2006 (remember when people would BUY CDs???)

This edition has several bonus tracks. The Emperor covers are vastly different, mix and song wise. "Closer to Narrow" is a leftover track from the "Sorrow's Great Deceit" sessions, never finished as Jack had no input for it, finished here as a solo effort. The 2009 demo is the last song we ever worked on together and is a good indicator of where we were going. Jack wrote the majority of it, and as usual, it's really great (he wrote all of the good DIE songs). "Standard Practice 2010" features members from the 2006 live lineup, Pedro Lopez on (real? gasp!) drums and Pablo Rebolledo on the piano at the bridge. Vastly different from the 2004 original, it demonstrates pretty well how far our engineering/production skills grew from the old days of using Cool Edit Pro 2.0 and Fruity loops.

I still love all of these songs, and I have fond memories of recording them with Jack and the artistic and creative magic that we were pulling by the tail out of the air and onto the hard drives. Writing these songs gave me an outlet for something that I was struggling to deal with in my life, and that's a stock/cliche musician trope, but the truth is the truth. Some times you gotta live life to sing the blues.

Thanks for listening, reading, supporting, rocking,

N
Taft, April 2014

Special thanks to Peter Quistgard, Erez Lasman, Sam Brokenshaw, Pablo Rebolledo, Edwin Lopez, Pedro Lopez, Jay Adkisson, Matt Duncan, and Dan Swanö, who all contributed to DIE in one way or another throughout the years.

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released April 1, 2004

Musicians: Jack Young, Niel Anilao

Recorded, mixed by DIE.
Drums on track 11: Pedro Lopez
Piano on track 11: Pablo Rebolledo
Drums on track 11 were recorded at Enfamy Productions in 2006.
Artwork: Young / A. Anechina


Remastered in 2014 by N. Yap Anilao at Matt Hand.

© 2003-04 Bogin, Mens, and Dunns Music.

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A repository for old projects, please search "Posercorpse" for newer stuff. Niel Anilao has been playing with tape recorders and instruments since childhood. Most of these releases can be found on modern digital streaming services.

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