I'd like some honest opinions - Song - >The Gates Of Hell

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I'm in a band named Relic and I have mixed this song which I think is one of our best. I finally bought my own house and will be building a new recording studio as I get the money to do it. I wanted honest opinions on this song's quality so that I get an idea of what I should be doing differently for next time. Thanks! :)

The song is called "The Gates Of Hell" and it is attached.

thanks for your time! Now that I'm finally moved into my new place I can start putting more focus on the music and get a lot more into reading these forums like I used to! :D
 

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Maybe the mods can move this thread to the MP3 clinic for feedback. The contest is over....and there won't be another one for months....
 
Yeah I had a few windows open yesterday and I was in the other forum but I guess I hit the wrong one when I posted this. Oops.
 
Need to beef up the vocals a bit. Also, all those keyboard riffs in the verses...give them to the guitar (keep the same riff, just loose the keys). Do something to make the second verse a bit different than the first. Add another instrument with a different part or catchy riff to that second verse so that it's fresh to the ears. Invest in some new vocal mics. Try an SM7 and SCREAM those vocals. Should be angry! Good stuff. Keep going forward.
 
You should name your album Quiem!
The keyboard fills between the riff sounds like Wakeman after winning the scholling contest at University. It comes off as just campy & the vocals do need more urgency and agression - currently they sound like they are from late 78 new wave aggit pop & the 2nd vocal/gang bit is mixed below interpretation levels.
The song seems good & the mix is OK - the guitars too fizzy, the snare sounds like it's in another room & the keyboards too prominent - but the.
Actually, I think I had it right - it comes off very high camp! Sorry.
 
Nice wind type of affect at the beginning, but I don't like the high pitch whatever. doesn't sound like it really fits.
I normally dont like that much reverb on the drums, but for some reason here, I dig it.
Some of the backup vocals (panned to the right? like @ 01:30) sound like they were recorded with an inferior mic or an effect applied to its not jiving or its just not in a key when sung. I'd revisit it.
I like the guitars and drums and synth/organ. It all goes nicely together.
Nice guitar solo around 3:20
Theres that annoying backup vocal again around 3:30, argh, I dont like it. Please it or re-record it.
Yeah, and take out that high pitch noise at the end too. The wind by itself would just do fine.
Sounds like a brown note/hit by the bassist @ 1:50 and 1:55 maybe automate it out? or copy the same note from a different part
Turn up the devil laugh or whatever it is @ 2:35ish
Sounds like the cymbals are causing some very high pitch distortion, try to fix that as best you can (im not sure its the cymbals but it seems like the drummer is hitting cymbals everytime it happens)

Overall, I really like the song and the performance by the band is solid. Just some very minor critiques listed will improve the recording imo (obviously)

Hope this helps!
-Eric
 
i like the song.. but i have to concur about the vocals. they need some aggression, especially when singing about Hell. do satan some justice here lol. then the guitars are a little too fuzzy. snare needs to come up a tad.. thats my opinion, but i do dig the song... good job and good luck
 
...and change the band name. There are about a million and seven bands using that name.
 
Rayc in right. The song is basically cut 4 off of Wakeman's Myths and Legions. That said I like the song. However, I will not critique it. My reason is that I don't know if you're asking if I like the song in general or if you just want to know how to make it sound better. If you are asking me if I like the song in general then yes I do. However, if I didn't there would be no reason to change anything. If you want to know how to make the song sound better then the previous posts have some very good suggestions. All I'm saying is that as a working musician (keyboards) for 30 years, I would caution you not to make changes to your songs based on the opinions of somebody you don't even know either personally or by reputation. Relic is a band for a reason. If you didn't like the way each other played (or sang) then you wouldn't be together. Write, record, get feedback from the people on this forum and then find someone that can work with you on a one to one basis to help you pull it all together and make your music sound as good as possible.
 
some very cool ideas here and also quite allot going on, i dig the chorus but the verse not so much due to the unoriginal lyrics, for me lyrics can either make of break a song ultimately. some of the keyboard parts sound a little obnoxious but apart from that i think the whole idea is great and i would be interested to see how you progress! :)
 
Must be busy building the studio. Nice to hear some keys licks in here....
Sounds like one of those 70's concept album tunes. Well written and arranged.
The vocals could use some rework as they are consistently flat.
 
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