Awesomely badass.
Killer, dude.
All I can think of is the tone being a bit muddy. With a little more (and by a little, I mean not much at all) presence, the riffs would stand out a bit more, but not drown out the awesome synth parts.
The riffs themselves are awesome. I like the one that starts around :17, with the pulloffs.
Fucking sweet, bro.
Yeah i agree and i think when i mixed it down it was a shitty quality file er something. Metal hails and those aren't pull-offs they are just separtate strings.
Enough with the clashes already!
We get it. Minor second clashes are metal.
But that alone doesn't make a song good. And sadly, this one needs less clash and more consonance before I'll enjoy it.
I think if you kept one of the clash riffs, and replaced the rest with some other form of metal riff (palm-muting, trem picking, downtempo chugging, etc.) then you'd have a winner.
But too much of a good thing can be a very bad thing, and I think this song is a perfect example of that.
I did listen to some of your other stuff, and it's pretty friggin awesome. Just not this one.
I actually used diminished 5th clashes a lot more :D
And hence, I said I expected terrible reception, because NG is possibly the worst audience for this type of music. I just went with the whole "freaking metal" thing because I didn't think anyone on this site would be a know/care if I likened this song to say Dillinger Escape Plan, or Ion Dissonance....
Ball-kicking good!
I love this shit, man.
It's hard to find a good bass player who really knows how to utilize the fretboard to the maximum of it's potential.
I think this bass line would actually sound best under some straight power chords, instead of the guitar following everything you're doing. At least some of the time, anyway.
You use some really weird time signatures, which is something I really respect, because I've never been able to properly use anything other than 3/4 and 4/4.
I loved the chorus-y part around 2:10. Cool sounding, really thick. Good shit.
What's the tempo? Just curious, because I've never programmed drums for anything like this.
Anyway, awesome shit, bro. Can't wait to hear the rest.
Thanks bro! Yeah, I actually got to go visit Eternalreich and we got a lot done. The guitars are gonna be weird, evil little serpents intertwining with the bass line. The time sigs are (don't laugh) 360bpms for the first half, and 240 for the second. While I was down with Eternal, we did get drums to it. But, still go ahead with yours. I promise I won't waste your time. Hopefully, we'll have a good deal of material to pick and choose from, creating a supreme hymn of Death! Also, some vox are gonna be needed. Interested? Once again, thanks Twilight for being a Metal Bad Ass, and for the awesome contributions and suggestions. Metal my brother
Matt
This one's... kind of odd.
It's strange, but in a not-bad way.
There's a very odd juxtaposition between the heavy guitar, and the very major-scale notes at the beginning.
That changes toward the end though, and I like the sound toward the end the best.
haha thanks, I'm always trying to be different. Be sure to check out the full version with vocals by Bad-Man-Incorporated!
edit: lolz by the way I recently checked your stuff out! quite cool!
Nice cover, bro.
Do you mind if I attempt to throw the vocal on this thing?
Go nuts, would LOVE to hear it!
Meh... needs some work.
First off, I will say that the vision is there.
However, the execution needs a lot of work.
First, the drums are pretty badly mixed, and as a result sound terrible.
The snare needs compression, as it's very poppy with no impact.
The bass is really quiet, and needs some compression and EQing.
The hihat is really loud, turn it down some. The high frequencies cut through really well, so don't worry about drowning it out until it really does get drowned out. (See FarCryDX's most recent submission for an example of this.)
That little solo break is awesome, I really liked that.
The guitar tone overall, however, is pretty thin and lifeless.
It needs some serious beefing up, maybe reduce the gain a little and add in some mids and bass.
More bass than mids, though.
The bass guitar actually sounds pretty good, but most likely would disappear in the mix if you add some body to the guitars, so some EQing and compression is probably in order for the bass as well.
Really, you have a good idea here, just work on the recording quality.
I find myself relating this to an excellent painter who has nothing to work with but red and green for colors and trees for canvas.
Good luck with future submissions, I'll be waiting to hear them.
TN
I think you miscategorized this one, man...
You'd probably be better off putting this in Miscellaneous.
its got lead rythm and drums, and a solo, so It at least has to be rock.
Dude...
Total asskickery.
If you want, you could send me your high vocal, and I'll put a really low brutal death metal under it.
Yours is good, I just want to see how I compare. =p
Excellent, excellent, excellent.
4.07 / 5.00 (+ 0.048)
Can do, my friend.\m/
I feel so spoiled...
I've never had to record anything on tape.
I've always had digital, computerized recording capability.
I feel like a cheap.
Anyway, what kind of 16-track did you guys use?
Nice, man.
I like the new tone. It's pretty brutal. A little on the bassy side, but that's okay.
I think if you could keep most of the brutality, but leave a little more room for the bass guitar, then it would be an improvement.
However, that's not a huge issue, just a preference thing mostly.
Only real problem I can hear is a distinct lack of cymbals.
They're really quiet, almost unhearable.
Bass, toms and snare are plenty loud, though, so it shouldn't take too much effort to crank up the cymbals a bit.
Honestly, you make me jealous. You seriously need to tell me how you got that sound, because it's awesome.
Keep up the excellent work, amigo.
Thanks bro. The cymbals are an issue... heres why.
The drums sound clear and crisp because I lowered the room setting to like almost nothing. sadly this also makes the cymbals quieter, so i had to compromise between good drum sound and cymbals being louder. i chose good drum sound :3
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