Tokage

yeah i don't know exactly what's up with that whole ''mature'' = ''let's slow everything down'' approach either, i guess having any kind of energy at all is seen as juvenile or something? it doesn't really make sense

it's on the same level of red flag material as a band saying 'our next release will be a return to our roots!'

"return to our roots" should mean that they got lazy and just recycled some old scrapped demos from twenty years ago with some EQing on top. Would probably be a more interesting result.

I hate this too. I'd take a "juvenile" sound over a "mature" one anyday. Just because you've been playing for so long doesn't mean you have to get rid of all your energy. Your music doesn't have to sound elderly and worn out