a black metal song, anyone?

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A quick disclaimer...

The buried vocals, distortion, and inaudibility are all part of, shall we say, the "black metal aesthetic" which has more in common with atmospheric/ambient music than with traditional metal genres.

Actually, Wikipedia seems to have made a pretty descent approximation: "Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It often uses fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure."

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Well, given that all conventional recording advice I could give you would be deemed irrelevant, I'm not really sure what you want me to say.

It sounds like all other black metal out there to me.
 
Nice and raw, like it should be. Reminds me of a lot of older BM groups, and this is a *good* thing. I'd bump the vocals up just a little, and see if you can crank the entire mix a little louder at that point. I hear Darkthrone, Xasthur, and perhaps a little Judas Iscariot or Clandestine Blaze in there.
 
Not bad.
I would add some verb, (long frosty verb) on the drums.
Plus scooping out some low mids on the mix all together.
The vocals need to come up way more in certian areas, I think you can drizzle that with a tad more verb at times as well. I would drop the delay that you use on the vocal at times.
If you are going for old school black metal, be carefull with the meldoic lines at 3.00, it kinda sounds to nice.

oh and drop the fade out.

other than that a good atempt :)
 
funnygames said:
Listen here: www dot vimeo dot com/18450483

A quick disclaimer...

The buried vocals, distortion, and inaudibility are all part of, shall we say, the "black metal aesthetic" which has more in common with atmospheric/ambient music than with traditional metal genres.

Actually, Wikipedia seems to have made a pretty descent approximation: "Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It often uses fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure."

Please reply with any comments, questions, or insults!
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In your original post (which I've conveniently quoted) you quickly deflect what you assume will be the obvious criticisms: buried vocals, distortion, inaudibility et. al. Thus it seems to me that you're not looking for genuine input, but rather affirmation, a simple pat on the back.

Perhaps I'm not close enough to this genre to offer you that pat on the back, but all I can say is...meh.

And you're not selling yourself with that Wikipedia description--especially the "unconventional song structure" part--it seemed rather droning and predictable to me.

But hey, I'm not kidding when I say this isn't my genre. So take my comments for what they're worth.
 
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