solid tune! Great drums. Demons don't stand a chance

solid tune! Great drums. Demons don't stand a chance

I'm curious about what your metal influences are, because this one kind of makes me think of Children of Bodom. You did a great job with keeping a consistent vibe with this song while continuously exploring and building upon it with all the varied guitar riffs. The chorus riff has such a nice hook to it. I totes want to learn this by ear.

I'm curious about what your metal influences are, because this one kind of makes me think of Children of Bodom. You did a great job with keeping a consistent vibe with this song while continuously exploring and building upon it with all the varied guitar riffs. The chorus riff has such a nice hook to it. I totes want to learn this by ear.

I love that you mention CoB, my all time favorite band I’d listen to on repeat at one point and still in my top 10 all time. If you could narrow it down, which album of CoB are you hearing? I’ll tell you which ones are my favorite after

Which riff do you consider the chorus? Sort of like CoB, which I learned two of their songs recently and consciously made an effort to copy “bridge as the intro” with the structure when making this, it’s not super clear what is the chorus.

However the note choices here I would say must be subconsciously Bodom, I was more channeling into Edguy and A7x when thinking about how I wanted this to sound. Especially the opening bridge is trying it’s hardest to be the intro to Vain Glory Opera live, as well as Rock Me Amadeus, with a little bit of Coming Home by A7x. They all have that same sort of feel with the same progression. I can see it also coming off as Living Dead Beat by CoB though because the riff is similar although slower in that case.

Note if you hear last week’s, the structure and melody of the composition were both mostly Children of Bodom influenced, although I dumbed the technical prowess down to something I could actually play (but ran out of time to, so it’s just midi guitar)

[quote=ViridianLoom]I'm curious about what your metal influences are, because this one kind of makes me think of Children of Bodom. You did a great job with keeping a consistent vibe with this song while continuously exploring and building upon it with all the varied guitar riffs. The chorus riff has such a nice hook to it. I totes want to learn this by ear.[/quote] I love that you mention CoB, my all time favorite band I’d listen to on repeat at one point and still in my top 10 all time. If you could narrow it down, which album of CoB are you hearing? I’ll tell you which ones are my favorite after :D Which riff do you consider the chorus? Sort of like CoB, which I learned two of their songs recently and consciously made an effort to copy “bridge as the intro” with the structure when making this, it’s not super clear what is the chorus. However the note choices here I would say must be subconsciously Bodom, I was more channeling into Edguy and A7x when thinking about how I wanted this to sound. Especially the opening bridge is trying it’s hardest to be the intro to Vain Glory Opera live, as well as Rock Me Amadeus, with a little bit of Coming Home by A7x. They all have that same sort of feel with the same progression. I can see it also coming off as Living Dead Beat by CoB though because the riff is similar although slower in that case. Note if you hear last week’s, the structure and melody of the composition were both mostly Children of Bodom influenced, although I dumbed the technical prowess down to something I could actually play (but ran out of time to, so it’s just midi guitar)

I consider 0:52 to be like the chorus with 1:09 being the instrumental melodic gap to tie things back to the verse at 1:26 where a singer might resume singing, and I suppose it's because I could envision a repeated vocal line over it every time it returns.

It's been a while since I've listened to Bodom but I think I'd place it around "Are you dead yet?", although this has a bit more of that classical/folk melodic vibe that their earlier albums had (Hatebreed probably). It's hard to do a direct comparison because their average tempo is much faster.

Bodom was the first death metal band I ever listened to and kind of opened the door for me into the world of extreme metal. "If you want peace, prepare for war" was the song. I loved how epic the synth/guitar melodies were and I grew to enjoy the death vocals. Then I eventually got into Opeth which then defined most of my musical style from then on.

RIP Alexi Laiho

I consider 0:52 to be like the chorus with 1:09 being the instrumental melodic gap to tie things back to the verse at 1:26 where a singer might resume singing, and I suppose it's because I could envision a repeated vocal line over it every time it returns. It's been a while since I've listened to Bodom but I think I'd place it around "Are you dead yet?", although this has a bit more of that classical/folk melodic vibe that their earlier albums had (Hatebreed probably). It's hard to do a direct comparison because their average tempo is much faster. Bodom was the first death metal band I ever listened to and kind of opened the door for me into the world of extreme metal. "If you want peace, prepare for war" was the song. I loved how epic the synth/guitar melodies were and I grew to enjoy the death vocals. Then I eventually got into Opeth which then defined most of my musical style from then on. RIP Alexi Laiho

I'm really wishing for vocals here, this is a well-executed background for some late '99s Anathema depressive rock. Also, that rhythm guitar is very tight. I wish I could pull that off!

I'm really wishing for vocals here, this is a well-executed background for some late '99s Anathema depressive rock. Also, that rhythm guitar is very tight. I wish I could pull that off!

Ah cool, that's where I was planning to put the verse vocals and roughly what I was planning in terms of the melodic gap!

Yup the Follow the Reaper album right before Are You Dead yet is my favorite style of theirs. Yes definitely RIP Alexi Laiho, was hard to watch. I saw them live three times, the final time in a small bar in SF where I was front row feet away from Alexi. Definitely had a big influence on me.

I'll have to check out Opeth now!

Although I intended to play it when composing it, the final thing here is just the midi guitar track I made when composing it! Tight as it gets xD! Also hoping for some vocals soon, thanks for the encouragement

[quote=ViridianLoom]I consider 0:52 to be like the chorus with 1:09 being the instrumental melodic gap to tie things back to the verse at 1:26 where a singer might resume singing, and I suppose it's because I could envision a repeated vocal line over it every time it returns. It's been a while since I've listened to Bodom but I think I'd place it around "Are you dead yet?", although this has a bit more of that classical/folk melodic vibe that their earlier albums had (Hatebreed probably). It's hard to do a direct comparison because their average tempo is much faster. Bodom was the first death metal band I ever listened to and kind of opened the door for me into the world of extreme metal. "If you want peace, prepare for war" was the song. I loved how epic the synth/guitar melodies were and I grew to enjoy the death vocals. Then I eventually got into Opeth which then defined most of my musical style from then on. RIP Alexi Laiho[/quote] Ah cool, that's where I was planning to put the verse vocals and roughly what I was planning in terms of the melodic gap! Yup the Follow the Reaper album right before Are You Dead yet is my favorite style of theirs. Yes definitely RIP Alexi Laiho, was hard to watch. I saw them live three times, the final time in a small bar in SF where I was front row feet away from Alexi. Definitely had a big influence on me. I'll have to check out Opeth now! [quote=rplktr]I'm really wishing for vocals here, this is a well-executed background for some late '99s Anathema depressive rock. Also, that rhythm guitar is very tight. I wish I could pull that off![/quote] Although I intended to play it when composing it, the final thing here is just the midi guitar track I made when composing it! Tight as it gets xD! Also hoping for some vocals soon, thanks for the encouragement :)

Solid. Needs some bass! Agreed vocals would also have been killer. Cool melodies and chords changes

Solid. Needs some bass! Agreed vocals would also have been killer. Cool melodies and chords changes