Musicians and their fans have debated the ethics of re-recording an album for as long as I can remember. Dave Grohl explored the idea with the Foo Fighter’s debut.
Now Born of Osiris have executed a complete re-recording of The New Reign, due February 24, 2017. “Empires Erased” is the first single from that production.
Looking back, New Reign was recorded before Axe-Fx and most likely on a smaller budget. I can remember how crisp and well produced it was for its time, especially with how heavy yet technically precise the music was.
“Empires Erased” benefits from superior drum production and perfect digital guitar tone. It sounds better than the original. Perhaps New Reign doesn’t enjoy the level of nostalgia and age of other records yet.
This new version gives more clarity to the original conception when BOO sat down and wrote it song over ten years ago.
Disaesthetic 