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"Oblivion Beholds The Wiser" is a heavy metal studio EP created by American teen Joseph Ledford. It is the first album of his career, inspired by such bands like Metallica, Pantera, Soundgarden, Tool, Falling in Reverse, Alice in Chains, and many more. The teen released the first single titled "Run" on May 29th, 2022 on his Youtube channel. It is set to be released on October 20th, 2022.

Influences

Growing up, Joseph was surrounded by the music loved by his father. He grew up listening to The Grateful Dead, Black Sabbath, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jimi Hendrix, and many more. In his more recent life, he listens to Tool quite a lot. In an interview, Joseph stated this,

"My introduction to Tool was an introduction into the most benevolent and spiritual journey Ive ever embarked on. Their music, along with Alice in Chains, Korn, Five Finger Death Punch, have all become permanently bonded to my soul"

Joseph also have taken influences from C418, Mick Gordon, and Inon Zur, which are all best known for composing the soundtracks of popular video games such as Minecraft, Doom, and Fallout respectively.

Genres

"Oblivion Beholds The Wiser" contains elements of Doom metal, thrash metal, argent metal, ambiance metal, grunge, funk, Nu metal, progressive metal, heavy metal, and blues.

Production

Joseph has explicitly stated the exclusive use of baritone guitars on the album. Images of these guitars can be seen on his Instagram, as well as heard on the album. When asked about this, he had this to say,

"Tuning down, for me, opens the creativity of music beyond the standard EADGBE tuning. It also sounds much better for the type of licks I write. They just wouldn't sound good in standard tuning."

Equipment Specs


 * FirstAct ME951 Electric Guitar
 * Yamaha RBX 170 Bass Guitar
 * Crate G20 Guitar/Bass Amp
 * Zoom G1on Effects pedal