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Shane Sanders · Post by **Shane Sanders** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:48 am

edit: I posted a really rough thing on page two in response to the guitar sound advice...

Just another doom metal idea that's getting some attention here...I have a clean vocal part for the down-shift at the end but I'm not confident enough with it to record it yet. Still needs two more parts to make a journey out of this one. It's basically a how-much-can-I-squeeze-out-of-one-idea thing at the moment. I like the snare, and don't like the kick when it's naked. Still sounds programmed and stiff to me. But I'll get to the details later.

http://www.hammerscape.com/mp3/killpath.mp3

-S

KTHE · Post by **KTHE** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:53 am

HEY YES. I am keeping this song for a very long time.

KTHE · Post by **KTHE** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:53 am

A very long time.

zeoy · Post by **zeoy** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:46 am

Much better than the thread title

What language is this?

runagate · Post by **runagate** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:53 am

I can try to stand in on doom metal vocal duties if you'd like, Shane.

I need to bone up on my Rob Lowe of Solitude Aeturnus imitation before their first album in 8 years is finally released!

~beowulf~ · Post by **~beowulf~** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:41 am

Another doomster here! Although I'm into different types, not certainly death/doom.. But it's great to see someone into slow&heavy.. Some nice ideas in your track, but I feel it lacks something.. You're right about the drums, especially kick.. Sounds too machine-like.. But I find the ending pretty good.. Bye, stay doomed..

spaceman · Post by **spaceman** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:06 am

interesting to hear this from you Shane.. me likes

those guitars need some extra grunt though, some lower belly rumble
It will make a nicer contrast.. you could double them with some distorted bass gurgles from hell

Shane Sanders · Post by **Shane Sanders** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:51 pm

KTHE wrote:HEY YES. I am keeping this song for a very long time.

Shane Sanders · Post by **Shane Sanders** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:52 pm

zeoy wrote:Much better than the thread title
What language is this?

Sumerian

Shane Sanders · Post by **Shane Sanders** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:53 pm

runagate wrote:I can try to stand in on doom metal vocal duties if you'd like, Shane.

I need to bone up on my Rob Lowe of Solitude Aeturnus imitation before their first album in 8 years is finally released!

Yeah, quite a few people are talking about it on another forum. I'm looking forward to it as well.

What kind of vocal style do you do? Beauty or beast?

Shane Sanders · Post by **Shane Sanders** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:55 pm

~beowulf~ wrote:Another doomster here! Although I'm into different types, not certainly death/doom.. But it's great to see someone into slow&heavy.. Some nice ideas in your track, but I feel it lacks something.. You're right about the drums, especially kick.. Sounds too machine-like.. But I find the ending pretty good.. Bye, stay doomed..

Yes, it is only a sketch and hopefully will get heavier and more worked out as I continue to experiment. I know I can fix the drums, but I try to avoid those details until the form is more nailed down.

Do you have some doom to hear? If so, please post it.

Shane Sanders · Post by **Shane Sanders** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:57 pm

spaceman wrote:interesting to hear this from you Shane.. me likes

those guitars need some extra grunt though, some lower belly rumble
It will make a nicer contrast.. you could double them with some distorted bass gurgles from hell

I'm actually quite happy with the guitar sound. I realize it isn't as distorted as some people like, but I've always found heaviness in more of a Sabbath type sound. Though I love Evoken and the wall-o-sound that they use.

Once I really get going on this project, I'm sure there'll be some of that, too. It's all a lot of miserable goodness.

spaceman · Post by **spaceman** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:43 pm

Shane Sanders wrote:
spaceman wrote:interesting to hear this from you Shane.. me likes

those guitars need some extra grunt though, some lower belly rumble
It will make a nicer contrast.. you could double them with some distorted bass gurgles from hell
I'm actually quite happy with the guitar sound. I realize it isn't as distorted as some people like, but I've always found heaviness in more of a Sabbath type sound. Though I love Evoken and the wall-o-sound that they use.

Once I really get going on this project, I'm sure there'll be some of that, too. It's all a lot of miserable goodness.

I think they are just too clean, too computer-recording-ish.. the typical death metal grunt guitar sound would be too unoriginal but a peculiar type of darkness or weirdness added to their sound would give the track a lot more impact

I played progressive trash metal and death metal for years damn it.. I'm a f**king expert

Shane Sanders · Post by **Shane Sanders** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:06 pm

spaceman wrote:
I think they are just too clean, too computer-recording-ish.. the typical death metal grunt guitar sound would be too unoriginal but a peculiar type of darkness or weirdness added to their sound would give the track a lot more impact

I played progressive trash metal and death metal for years damn it.. I'm a f**king expert

hehe. I'll keep experimenting. It's definitely not my goal to be a pussy. At lunch I looked at a few amps in a small shop here. If I had an extra $2k, problem solved.

Dominus · Post by **Dominus** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:11 pm

What are you using for amplification? I'm able to get perfect death/sludge/destruction out of my Line 6 Pod XT.

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