The Iron Fist (first song for upcoming album)

[Ex3vious]

Hey guys,
I would like to know what you think about this song, its the first track I've finished for my new album. Let me know what you think of the mix but also the song in general as far as the song writing etc.
Thanks for your time
https://soundcloud.com/ben-2014/iron-fist-demo-1

 

[VomitHatSteve]

That's a cool guitar tone! Do you have a synth underlying it too?

The vocals could use a little work tho. The timing is a little awkward, and the emotion on the low parts doesn't sound... believable, I guess.

 

[Ex3vious]

Thanks for your feedback, I do have a synth underlying the guitar.

 

[Bulls Hit]

yeah some of the vocal phrasing isn't quite fitting into the riff at some points. Nice guitar tone & good chops

 

[heatmiser]

Ditto on the guitar/synth sound. Love the way it's panned too.

There seems to be a huge level/tone gap between the lower and higher vocal parts. The higher parts are a bit piercing, but I prefer them in terms of serving as a counterpart to the instruments.

Iron Fist is a cool title.

 

[Ex3vious]

Thanks for the comments guys. I'm glad you like the synth with the guitar I thought that was really cool as well. I double tracked the guitar panned hard left and right then played the same pattern on the synth and panned that down the center. Got a pretty massive tone using that technique.