THE DARK HORSE RETURNS…

Well I somehow found the files for my dark horse third album JUPITER RETURN, and remastered it. Hence the title JUPITER RETURN…AGAIN!

The memories came flooding back, not all were good but will not make this blog a downer. I will focus on the good points.

This is definitely one of my most “experimental” albums. It was misunderstood for a lot of reasons, one being the sound of the album flat-out sucks. I blame myself for that. Again, moving forward…

I sat on my laptop and played with various EQ settings, reverbs, whatever it took to make this music sound better than when it first came out twenty years ago (!) Some of the songs still work, others are just HUH? I don’t remember writing some of these riffs?! And my memory is usually very good. Guess today is not that day.

I was definitely channeling the metalcore bands of the day, such as Unearth, Bleeding Through, and Between The Buried And Me. There’s definitely Meshuggah elements (they are SO addicting to listen to!) and of course the usual Living Colour vibes. Was also trying my hand at The Police and some psychedelic Pink Floydian moments. Not all of it worked but you gotta give me the credit for sticking my neck out, at the risk of being decapitated.

Reviews for this were not great. One person said his 4-track demos sounded better than this. I was fuming but…he was right. I rushed things, and that’s why the album sounded so flat. But now it sounds better, a lot brighter. I still say this is my worst album but at the same time, I am proud of what I tried to accomplish. It would take a couple more albums to achieve what I wanted.

You can listen/purchase on my Bandcamp page and soon it will be on various streaming sites. The only song I ever played from this album for many years was “Burn The Sky” and you’ll hear why.

Now that leaves ONE MORE album to be remastered. Where are those damn files?