Javier Urzelai, guitar:

Band: Alexisonfire Album: Old Crows/ Young Cardinals Year: 2009 Style: Post hardcore

His thoughts: I really like this albu because is the last one they !ublished before breaking u!" It#s the ost co !act albu they ha$e% with the best !roduction" Is an albu where all the songs are as i !ortant as the others" &he guitars are the best thing of the albu % they are !rogressi$e and strong but% at the sa e ti e% with a lot of tones" My reflexion: I can see the influence of this albu on the way 'r(elai thinks about the structure of the songs" It#s a style that is far fro y taste but I still think it#s a sur!risingly good albu " &he constant flow of the guitars is s!ectacular% they are like a waterfall" I#$e always thought of this style like a genre for teenagers but the sound of this albu is $ery ature and far away fro the ty!ical songs" I like the short riffs that a!!ear fro ti e to ti e in the songs" &he bass of this song is )ust a sound filler instru ent" I think that is the best for this genre and I usually do the sa e" I don#t like the bass to be the ain instru ent% but I iss basslines with attitude in this albu "

Band: *ring e the +ori(on Album: &here Is A +ell *elie$e ,e I#$e -een It" &here Is A +ea$en% .et#s /ee! It A -ecret Year: 2000 Style: ,etalCore

His thoughts:It is a etal albu but with a lot of influence fro !ost1 rock% each song is a co !letely different fro the others" &his is also the albu with the best lyrics I#$e e$er seen" &his is !robably the one that influence e the ost% so e of the guitars fro the -ublinary are !retty si illar to the ones in this albu " I s!ecially like how they connect strong !arts with relaxing !arts and breakdowns"

My reflexion: &his is the ost con$entional albu of the three" It#s the !erfect descri!tion of Metalcore usic" &he chorus that a!!ear fro ti e to ti e and the structures re inds e of so e of our songs" 2e also ha$e so e songs that can barely re ind e of this albu " 'r(elai% acting as second guitar in so e songs% re inds e of the use of the guitar on this albu " I think that the usic we !lay is ore co !lex than what we can hear on this albu % but we so eti es also choose to !lay ore con$entional Metalcore like here" &he bass doesn#t ha$e anything s!ecial% it#s )ust a sound filler and it is ne$er the !rotagonist" I# always thinking about y role on the sound of -ublinary and this is a good albu to re e ber e that I don#t always need to do $ery co !lex things and that I can )ust follow the second guitar and fill the sound"

Band: ,astodon Album: Crack the -kye Year: 2009 Style: Progressi$e ,etal

His thoughts:It#s a conce!tual albu that talks about the kingdo s of the 3hars" It#s the ost !rogressi$e of the three" &he $oices are 4uite bad but I like the su of the other ele ents" &he way they tie different !arts that sound $ery different fro each other is excellent" My reflexion: &his albu has been a huge sur!rise for e% fro the three albu s he !ro!osed e this one is y fa$orite" I can clearly see its influence not only on 'r(elai but also on Ioseba 5the other guitar !layer6" &he riffs here are like labyrinths% co !lex and with non con$entional rhyth s" &he riffs in &he -ublinary are also like this" &he usic that has an influence on e is uch si !ler and I can see in ,astodon 7the art of aking things co !licated8 can ha$e $ery interesting results" &he other outstanding thing about this albu are the se$eral !arts that co !ose each song% co !letely different fro each other% but connected between the in a !erfect har ony" &his is also a thing that can be seen in our band" 2e are trying to i !le ent this to our songs but is $ery difficult% so ,astodon is a great exa !le that can hel! us" &he bass on this albu is like a aster lesson for e" As I said% in our band we use to ake songs that are as co !lex as ,astodons and I always feel a bit disorientated of what to do with the bass" &he use of the bass in this albu is a !erfect guideline for e of what kind of bass lines I can do in each situation" I ha$e also seen that I ha$e faced our songs in a !retty si ilar way like the bass !layer of ,astodon 5e$en if% ob$iously% his skills are far away fro ine6"