FastLoaders - Firelord

Well… this is certainly a different Firelord… although you don't suspect it until 25 seconds in. Then all of the toys come out the toybox at once and it feels a bit like all hell breaks loose… Personally, I'm torn… No doubt about Jarle's guitar playing ability but the drum-track is pretty full-on and relentless and the whole thing might have benefitted from a 'breakdown' somewhere before the 3 minute mark which is approaching the end… The soundscape is typically Fastloaders throughout, apart from beginning & end… A bit of extra credit for including parts of the original which never made it into either Glyn's or my versions… Musically, this is a very competent rendition and has some invention in it. The guitars in harmony are a really good sound and somehow soften the attack of the melody… I'm just not sure that the standard Fastloaders instrument soundscape is suited here with the energy and drive of those drums propelling us at speed towards the end, without a breath along the way… The original had a strong medieval feel to the rhythm, even though it was a SID composition. That rhythm is lost here, apart from a couple of hints at it, here & there… This is a good remix so I won't be unkind but it could maybe have benefitted from a different rhythm with a little more ebb & flow to it… and also a gentler soundscape with possibly a bit more 'Acoustic' and 'Organic' in the overall sound…