This track has the aggressive vibe nailed from the beginning. The drum solo introduction rips, tears and shreds open the music. The sound of the tom tom drums throughout this track are quite low, thick and wet. This kind of sound results from loosely tuned drums, larger sizes (14-16"), double-ply drum heads and some EQ. A tom tom based groove comes in after 20 seconds making these thick sounding drums a point of focus.
This verse section driven by tom work is very strong contrast to the intensity in neighbouring sections of the song. The guitar switches to a 'almost clean' upper frequency melody which distances it sonically from the toms. The gap created by this change is the basis of the impact created at the change to the chorus. The vocals during this section are quite distantly spaced. The complex rhythmic intricacies of the drums get to shine during this section. A final note on the drums: Listening at 1:37, the accents pulled out of that snare roll are an extremely effective way of setting up the event that follows.
The guitar tone in this track sounds like many layers of distortion sandwiched together. This most evident to me in the introduction. The multiple guitar parts are quintessential in this style of music. The overlapping of guitar parts creates a thick sound as well as the opportunity for melodies to be easily put in and taken out of the mix.
The sudden ending of this song is quite fitting with its musical theme. Looking at the journey of the arrangement, it is fitting to end a song with as much certainty and definition as it begins with. This fits quite simply in the concept of cyclic, coherent arrangement.
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