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Author: Andy Mesecher

Andy Mesecher

  • Album Review: "Zeal & Ardor" by Zeal & Ardor 9/10

    CD Reviews, Magazine
    December 27, 2021
    by Andy Mesecher
    Zeal & Ardor Zeal & Ardor MVKA Producers: Marc Obrist and Manuel Gagneux This self-titled LP picks up where its predecessor, Stranger Fruit, left off, with a proggy twist. The ...
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  • Album Review: "Umbra" by Greyscale (8/10)

    Album Reviews, Reviews
    December 3, 2021
    by Andy Mesecher
    Distributed by: Fearless Records Producer: Courtney Ballard Every few years, a teenager’s favorite underground pop-punk band finds a smooth transition into mom’s radio-ready pop. On this, Grayscale’s third LP, the ...
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  • Album Review: "Guardians Sessions EP" by August Burns Red

    Album Reviews, Latest, Music News, Reviews
    May 25, 2021
    by Andy Mesecher
    To battle quarantine, metalcore OGs August Burns Red have released the Guardians Sessions EP on vinyl via Fearless Records. Like most bands in 2020, ABR were left to their own ...
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  • Album Review: Vinyl Re-Release of "Colors" by Between the Buried and Me

    Album Reviews, Latest, Music News
    December 23, 2020
    by Andy Mesecher
    In 2016, I reviewed a Between The Buried And Me performance in San Francisco (review here). When co-headliners August Burns Red took the stage, a sea of subwoofers and poor ...
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  • Q&A With Assassin's Creed Valhalla Composer: Jesper Kyd

    Latest, Music News
    December 1, 2020
    by Andy Mesecher
    This is Part 2 of our series on composing for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. If you haven’t already, be sure to read Part 1, Q&A With Assassin's Creed Valhalla Composer: Sarah ...
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  • Q&A with Assassin's Creed Valhalla Composer: Sarah Schachner

    Latest, Music News
    November 23, 2020
    by Andy Mesecher
    The rapid advancement of technology is a bit of a double-edged sword for video game composers. On one hand, composing quality sessions in the comfort of your home is easier ...
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  • Album Review: Vinyl Re-Release of "Alaska" by Between the Buried and Me

    Album Reviews
    October 19, 2020
    by Andy Mesecher
    BTBAM are back with another installment of “prog metal nostalgia reinvented for vinyl,” this time with their 3rd full-length, Alaska. Same spiel as previous re-releases through Craft Recordings: the vinyl ...
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  • Feature Story Flashback: Video Game Composers Speak!

    Feature Articles, Latest, Magazine
    September 18, 2020
    by Andy Mesecher
    This feature story by Andy Mescher originally ran in the August 2018 issue of Music Connection.  Thanks to modern technology, video game compositions have evolved exponentially over the years—from bite-sized ...
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  • Vinyl Review: Gareth Coker's "Ori and the Will of the Wisps"

    Album Reviews, CD Reviews, Reviews
    September 9, 2020
    by Andy Mesecher
    Composer Gareth Coker, with whom we spoke in 2018, has teamed with iam8bit for a vinyl release of Ori and the Will of the Wisps. (If you’re simply in search ...
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  • Signing Story: Fires in the Distance

    Magazine, Signing Stories
    August 27, 2020
    by Andy Mesecher
    Date Signed: April 18, 2020 Label: Prosthetic Records Band Members: Kristian Grimaldi, guitar, vocals; Craig Breitsprecher, bass, vocals; Kyle Quintin, drums; Yegor Savonin, guitar, keyboard Type of Music: Melodic Death ...
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