Cole Millward of Nospūn - Best Prog Metal of 2023?

02/21/24 • 132 min

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The progressive metal scene has been shaken up by some dudes from North Carolina calling themselves Nospūn. Their bass player and audio engineer, Cole Millward, joins me on this episode to talk all about the production of their debut album Opus. Opus is a concept album following the story of a young man who is obsessed with completing his opus, and will sacrifice just about anything to see it through. Cole tells me all about the recording and engineering on the album, from guitar cab sims and drum samples, to the surprisingly complicated layers of the vibraslap sound in the middle of Earwyrm. We do a brief overview of the story for the album, and we discuss what's next for the band! Catch Nospūn live at ProgPower 2024 https://progpowerusa.com/ Follow Nospūn: https://www.facebook.com/NospunOfficial https://www.instagram.com/nospun_official https://www.tiktok.com/@nospun_official Check the music video for Earwyrm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt8Ccwa_j9s

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