Discovered humanity's last breath this year with the release of ashen. Immediately delved into the older stuff. So atmospheric and powerful. On heavy rotation in my catalog.
This interview just solidifies how important having supportive parents is. That’s so badass, nothing but respect for Buster, his dedication and to his kickass parents!
he is for his style what gojira sometimes is for their style. Unique, blowing minds and taking new paths. This interview was so helpful to understand his music for someone who enjoys his stuff but doesnt regulary listens to it!
Is game changer man buster guitar playing is so hard to grasp man and I’m pro brother no I’m not I’m any bands now but I’ve been playing for prob 30 something years I’m 43 since I’ve been eight so yes cause first year of so I sucked then pantera came out Metallica tab books megadeth slayer fear factory machine head nirvana but I just took off but this guys wow
I agree with Ola about Buster being the "perfect" modern artist. He does so much for the stuff he is a part of and its hard not to hear a lot of his ideas inspiring a lot of different bands. It was cool to find out he's also a big fan of Eric Valentine
Hearing buster explain his mixing style and comparing to edm makes so much sense. His kick and snare are slamming in the thrown mixes. Dudes drums are so huge
Yes! I’ve been hoping for a Coffee with Buster for a while now! ❤ HLB totally rocked my world when the self titled dropped, and ‘Ashen’ is pretty much my album of the year 2023 🤘🏻 I have so much respect for Buster and what he does. It’s fantastic to see someone who’s thinking outside the box when it comes to music.
@@flexyofacechase1786 Yeah I know! I had to pick one but I mean, they are all soooo good! I guess layers has a better production but expanding sense is what hooked me to Darkane!
Buster needs more spotlight. So glad he got this interview. Also, I think it’s crazy that anyone stull thinks that HLBs first record is still the best lol thier new albums are so progressive and massive and each push the boundaries of the last. Buster is what the metal world needs.
@@burneraccounthandle exactly. Just shows you don't need the latest products to get a cool/unique sound. You just need to know what you are doing and the possibilities are endless! Off to buy a pod farm now 😂
Man im so glad Buster is getting this recognition. Hes easily on the top of my list of people id love to meet. HLB is a great band and Vildhjarta is my favorite metal band. I had the reaction Buster did when i first heard them. It was like someone answered a question i never had an answer to.
Been following Buster since like 2017 because his work on Currents, Shadow Of Intent or Born Of Osiris really blew my mind. I saw him as the successor of Joey Sturgis who was the king from 2010 to 2014 and I felt that he kept the same vibe of low tuned snare, HARD hitting drums and "over"produced sound that I love so much. So happy to see him gain so much populariry this year, he deserves every shed of attention he is given, hard working dude
When I heard that Buster is working with InHuman a.k.a Code:Pandorum - everything started to make sense for me! One of the greatest and darkest dubstep musician plus father of thall Buster Odeholm. No surprise I fell in love with HLB's latest album instantly when I heard it! Much respect to both of them for my music taste
Great interview. Buster's thoughts on trying to make a metal kit sound as massive as EDM drums and such, it's really inspiring. Metal needs more producers that are trying to push the envelope on production techniques.
so everything can get joey sturgis-ified again? i'd argue for a return to more raw, stripped back production, and experimenting/innovating on getting cool sounds and tracks before it even gets printed into the DAW and every bit of life mangled out of it
@@f67739 I'm not really into Joey Sturgis. Buster is speaking from a sound design mindset vs whatever it is that Joey is trying to do. Also, depending on the music, it should be approached in different ways. Should HLB be produced like a 1-take studio session or an 8-track Tascam black metal mix? No. It's a much more grandiose idea, and Buster even speaks on that during the interview. There is a point at 1:13 in Blood Spilled on the new HLB album, when I first heard it, reminds me of the production techniques used in some NIN songs, where everything achieves this gritty, distorted texture. It's a soundscape that creates an energy within the track. It's this type of thinking that I appreciate and am really speaking on, just as Buster speaks of. Think of some great albums over time, not just metal, look at the mix engineers and producers and how they created bigger sounds or effected things to become more atmospheric. There's nothing wrong with producing an amazing, raw song/album. It's necessary for so many things. But, there's also lots to be explored and I can appreciate that there are people like Buster, willing to try taking things to a new level. Cheers!
@@f67739 It depends on the band/project, you can hear massive difference in how Vildjharta and HLB songs are produced. And going for a massive, larger-than-life sound just works for what HLB is going for.
Ola is so on the nail with Buster being the modern guitarist/producer. He's so ahead of the pack right now and you can clearly hear his influence on the metal scene. Everyone is going for the heavy and massive low end that he managed to tame and everyone's chasing that sound in some shape or form. It's a shame HLB and Vildhjarta are still relatively niche but on the other hand Thrown being so massive is testament to the sound people want.
Buster is my idol in terms of songwriting and producing. Imo he mastered the category of modern heavy music without being overly confident or selfish with it. What a dude man.
This was such a great interview between two guys who have a lot of respect for each other. Ola you took your time to understand his work beforehand. It was really a pleasure
I love Humanity's Last Breath the best! 🖤🖤🖤😁😁 the new album Ashen inspired me as a musician and truly hit me in my soul with it's production/instrumentation/vocals. 😊
I swear at least half of those 500k listeners for thrown on spotify are people like me who *always* get a thrown song added as the first song to play next after an album ends. It's crazy how many times this band has been recommended to me. Not complaining though, they slap!
@@Dustinchugs yeah same here. Funnily enough I just booted up my desktop and opened spotify on there only to be greeted by my last played song: "parasite by thrown" :D
Thank you both for this ❤❤❤. I feel like when you were both chatting through the pitch automation being at the note level, not the whole riff level, Ola says “fuck” and you both laugh knowing just how fucking insanely crazy that is for mental tracking. That was a pure respect-chuckle.
This was great surprise! 🤘 Found this band couple of months ago in Tampere and been since into HLB and Odeholm stuff. HLB is just from different world 🔥🔥
as a left handed guitarist......my mind is blown right now......soo crazy you play that way.....a cool party trick... but to play like that is so mind blowing... as soon as Ola held the guitar he felt our pain ;)
Buster... I will buy the drum plugin the literal instant it's for sale. HUGE fan of your mixes Ola... this was an awesome episode bro... I always remember the old Sneap days and it's awesome to see how far you've come man.
Never heard of this dude or those bands before. Good interview, but there was one question i wanted answered that didn’t get asked: “how does a Swede get the name ‘Buster’???” I mean, thats a pretty ‘Murican name, how the heck did he get that name? Are his folks big buster Keaton fans or something? Anyway, after checking out Thrown, i can see why it gets so many clicks. Pretty easy to digest. HLB is super modern, lots going on there…just wish there was dynamics “compositionally speaking”. It’s pretty much one long drone…after 20min of that I’m pretty much drifting, even if what’s going on is intricate. Vild ain’t my personal cup o tea, but its done well. Anyways, good interview, cool dude, i like that he’s an “out of the box” producer.
I'll admit, I was one of those people saying the self-titled album was the best HLB album for a long time, until the day "Ashen" was released. I'm not joking, I've listened to that album every single day, usually in it's entirety, since the day it was released. That album has changed my life, and because of it, my ears have somehow matured and I completely love the other 3 albums now more then I ever have. I still love the self-titled though. I just love this band, period.
Very insightful. Been trying way too hard. Broke my wrist so playing was not really possible last few months but Vildhjarta is the sound of my dreams and nightmares they were a huge influence on my playing and without a pitch shift playing those notes without an 8 string is very hard
