The energy on this is amazing. It was a high point of my week hyping myself up to shout along to this!

The energy on this is amazing. It was a high point of my week hyping myself up to shout along to this!

"The Devil knows your name". Perfect way to end it. Amazing work.

"The Devil knows your name". Perfect way to end it. Amazing work.

This has real KMFDM vibes, totally sick track!

This has real KMFDM vibes, totally sick track!

sitting in my recliner, freshly applied eyeliner...

sitting in my recliner, freshly applied eyeliner...

One of the best and hardest-hitting protest songs I've heard lately. Incredible work putting this together. Awesome job to Homeostatic and SQF too!

One of the best and hardest-hitting protest songs I've heard lately. Incredible work putting this together. Awesome job to Homeostatic and SQF too!

Hell yeah, before I read that Ministry was an influence, I was feeling it. Sick ass vibe. And damn, I wish I had contributed some vocals for the shout along too! haha. SQF's little poetry slam is gold. Great job though, and fuck JD.

Hell yeah, before I read that Ministry was an influence, I was feeling it. Sick ass vibe. And damn, I wish I had contributed some vocals for the shout along too! haha. SQF's little poetry slam is gold. Great job though, and fuck JD.

Such a great job on this one

Such a great job on this one

great energy and love 'how do you sleep"

great energy and love 'how do you sleep"

This is correct. Love the Rabies influences, the vocals are fantastic. Sofa king funny.

This is correct. Love the Rabies influences, the vocals are fantastic. Sofa king funny.

holy shit wow this is sick !!

let's go ministry too

holy shit wow this is sick !! let's go ministry too <3

great industrial track!

how did you create the vocals sound?

great industrial track! how did you create the vocals sound?

Thank you! And thank you so much for adding in your voice and noise. The shout-along turned out exactly how I wanted, and the vocoder noise blended in perfectly.

Thanks! My initial thought was to make that as the ending line on each chorus, but I like how it ended up better.

I think we all know who the Devil is in this case. I hear he was self-made...

KMFDM sucks!

Thank you, this makes me happy...another one of my favorite bands.

I listened to that first at work, right after SQF sent it to me. Damn near broke me right in the middle of the office.

Thank you! I love how this turned out, and the contributions elevated it so much.

I'll be sure to ping you if I do it again...I'm feeling this is going to be an angry year. Thank you so much!!

Dude, thank you SO MUCH for your addition. I was just going to do a Numan-esque silence break, but this is so much better...never would have thought of this otherwise. 

I've never really used Funny in my heavy songs, but I like it. One of the best weapons against fascism is laughter...

Thank you! And I seriously wonder just how they do.

Thanks! I love Ogre's vocals, one of the best frontmen ever IMHO. And I realized that I have a double dose of Al Jourgensen influence, seeing as how he was guitars on Rabies LOL

Thank you!!

I love the two approaches to political industrial - Skinny Puppy tends to be more analytical and obtuse political, while Ministry is much more "fuck you" political

Thanks! Vocals use a Megaphone preset as the base (overdrive/distortion), which I tweaked. Verse adds a light chorus effect. Differences beyond that are in the delays I used. Verse has a subtle long delay with short feedback. Prechorus is a long wash delay. Chorus is doubled and panned L/R with a hard slapback delay (a suggestion Orange Drink gave me in '24). Vocal performance is 100% me going after Ogre's growl from Tin Omen.

[quote=Homeostatic]The energy on this is amazing. It was a high point of my week hyping myself up to shout along to this![/quote] Thank you! And thank you so much for adding in your voice and noise. The shout-along turned out exactly how I wanted, and the vocoder noise blended in perfectly. [quote=jegasus]"The Devil knows your name". Perfect way to end it. Amazing work. [/quote] Thanks! My initial thought was to make that as the ending line on each chorus, but I like how it ended up better. I think we all know who the Devil is in this case. I hear he was self-made... [quote=mukti]This has real KMFDM vibes, totally sick track![/quote] KMFDM sucks! :D :D Thank you, this makes me happy...another one of my favorite bands. :) [quote=Water_Feature]sitting in my recliner, freshly applied eyeliner... [/quote] I listened to that first at work, right after SQF sent it to me. Damn near broke me right in the middle of the office. [quote=levelcapybara]One of the best and hardest-hitting protest songs I've heard lately. Incredible work putting this together. Awesome job to Homeostatic and SQF too![/quote] Thank you! <3 I love how this turned out, and the contributions elevated it so much. [quote=ViridianLoom]Hell yeah, before I read that Ministry was an influence, I was feeling it. Sick ass vibe. And damn, I wish I had contributed some vocals for the shout along too! haha. SQF's little poetry slam is gold. Great job though, and fuck JD. [/quote] I'll be sure to ping you if I do it again...I'm feeling this is going to be an angry year. Thank you so much!! [quote=SQF]Such a great job on this one [/quote] Dude, thank you SO MUCH for your addition. I was just going to do a Numan-esque silence break, but this is so much better...never would have thought of this otherwise. I've never really used Funny in my heavy songs, but I like it. One of the best weapons against fascism is laughter... [quote=Crash Overture]great energy and love 'how do you sleep" [/quote] Thank you! And I seriously wonder just how they do. [quote=Cauldron of Bats]This is correct. Love the Rabies influences, the vocals are fantastic. Sofa king funny.[/quote] Thanks! I love Ogre's vocals, one of the best frontmen ever IMHO. And I realized that I have a double dose of Al Jourgensen influence, seeing as how he was guitars on Rabies LOL [quote=MaisieMarra]holy shit wow this is sick !! let's go ministry too <3 [/quote] Thank you!! I love the two approaches to political industrial - Skinny Puppy tends to be more analytical and obtuse political, while Ministry is much more "fuck you" political :D :D [quote=dreat]great industrial track! how did you create the vocals sound? [/quote] Thanks! Vocals use a Megaphone preset as the base (overdrive/distortion), which I tweaked. Verse adds a light chorus effect. Differences beyond that are in the delays I used. Verse has a subtle long delay with short feedback. Prechorus is a long wash delay. Chorus is doubled and panned L/R with a hard slapback delay (a suggestion Orange Drink gave me in '24). Vocal performance is 100% me going after Ogre's growl from Tin Omen. :)

hell yais! feelin those ministry and skinny puppy vibes!  Loved seeing the chorus come together on the discord.  Awesome piano interlude that had a march of the pigs release to it. Guitars sound so good \m/  Piano outro yais!

hell yais! feelin those ministry and skinny puppy vibes! Loved seeing the chorus come together on the discord. Awesome piano interlude that had a march of the pigs release to it. Guitars sound so good \m/ Piano outro yais!

goes insanely hard!

goes insanely hard!

Hehe nice, sounds good

Hehe nice, sounds good

Echoing the other comments. Instant KMFDM vibes. This is so good, so raw and so important.

Echoing the other comments. Instant KMFDM vibes. This is so good, so raw and so important.

*raises fist*

*raises fist*

Thanks! Definitely leaned on the NIN-style loud/soft with the piano - I thought of that immediately after SQF sent his poetry Also had Aphex Twin's remix from Further Down the Spiral in mind, The Beauty of Being Numb - that lovely clicky buzzy percussion underneath what is almost easy listening

Thanks! The joy of quiet parts in a song like this is that it makes the hard parts even harder

Hey thank you!

Thanks! It's funny, I wasn't thinking about KMFDM when I made it, but you're right - that's a sound that is absolutely baked in to my musical consciousness

I think I need to make a video for this.

Thanks. It's getting scary over here.

[quote=Tone Matrix]hell yais! feelin those ministry and skinny puppy vibes! Loved seeing the chorus come together on the discord. Awesome piano interlude that had a march of the pigs release to it. Guitars sound so good \m/ Piano outro yais![/quote] Thanks! Definitely leaned on the NIN-style loud/soft with the piano - I thought of that immediately after SQF sent his poetry :D Also had Aphex Twin's remix from Further Down the Spiral in mind, The Beauty of Being Numb - that lovely clicky buzzy percussion underneath what is almost easy listening :) [quote=Psychopomp]goes insanely hard![/quote] Thanks! The joy of quiet parts in a song like this is that it makes the hard parts even harder :D [quote=blighters_rock]Hehe nice, sounds good[/quote] Hey thank you! [quote=BarristerPlong]Echoing the other comments. Instant KMFDM vibes. This is so good, so raw and so important.[/quote] Thanks! It's funny, I wasn't thinking about KMFDM when I made it, but you're right - that's a sound that is absolutely baked in to my musical consciousness :) I think I need to make a video for this. [quote=As_Yoesual]*raises fist* [/quote] Thanks. It's getting scary over here.

y'all nailed the vibe. i also really dig the sound on the guitar lead part @ 3 min.

this is truly a time of great insult.
love & solidarity & power to the people

[img]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tenor.com%2Fp6HFXgrSvg4AAAAM%2Fragepc-destroy.gif&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=54ad5f7cb78431703aa242219fa47721d452cb9940ad5a3626a18a810aff08d9[/img] y'all nailed the vibe. i also really dig the sound on the guitar lead part @ 3 min. this is truly a time of great insult. love & solidarity & power to the people

Fuck dude, your vocal processing on this is excellent and seriously sounds like it belongs on Wax Trax!  Guitars and samples are so good as well.  And high 5 to your guest vocalists as well.  Some solid industrial rock right here, well done.

Fuck dude, your vocal processing on this is excellent and seriously sounds like it belongs on Wax Trax! Guitars and samples are so good as well. And high 5 to your guest vocalists as well. Some solid industrial rock right here, well done.

The couchfucking meme is pretty much harmless and victimless. These narratives are neither.
- Spider

The couchfucking meme is pretty much harmless and victimless. These narratives are neither. - Spider

Thank you I struggled a bit with the solo section a bit, I wanted something more ragged but wasn't feeling it. Ended up doing that frenetic little line and doubled it an octave down.

A Time of Great Insult....might need to make a song out of that...

WaxTrax! That is such a huge compliment, thank you.

Thank you for that important perspective, you are 100% correct...I've gotten so used to bad faith whataboutism that I seem to pre-answer it.

In no small part the mess the US is in is because the left has refused to get its hands even a little dirty. I need to remember my own lyrics - "why go high when you go low?"

[quote=jwh][img]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tenor.com%2Fp6HFXgrSvg4AAAAM%2Fragepc-destroy.gif&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=54ad5f7cb78431703aa242219fa47721d452cb9940ad5a3626a18a810aff08d9[/img] y'all nailed the vibe. i also really dig the sound on the guitar lead part @ 3 min. this is truly a time of great insult. love & solidarity & power to the people[/quote] Thank you <3 I struggled a bit with the solo section a bit, I wanted something more ragged but wasn't feeling it. Ended up doing that frenetic little line and doubled it an octave down. A Time of Great Insult....might need to make a song out of that... [quote=lament.config]Fuck dude, your vocal processing on this is excellent and seriously sounds like it belongs on Wax Trax! Guitars and samples are so good as well. And high 5 to your guest vocalists as well. Some solid industrial rock right here, well done.[/quote] WaxTrax! That is such a huge compliment, thank you. [quote=DESLRV]The couchfucking meme is pretty much harmless and victimless. These narratives are neither. - Spider[/quote] Thank you for that important perspective, you are 100% correct...I've gotten so used to bad faith whataboutism that I seem to pre-answer it. In no small part the mess the US is in is because the left has refused to get its hands even a little dirty. I need to remember my own lyrics - "why go high when you go low?"

🤘🤘🤘

I got nothing I am in awe.

🤘🤘🤘 I got nothing I am in awe.

Cool! definitely evokes that Stigmata era Ministry! With Perhaps a dash of NIN good stuff

Cool! definitely evokes that Stigmata era Ministry! With Perhaps a dash of NIN good stuff

YUSSSS
Great sound, great riffs, perfect vocal performance...do I just like it when you're angry? I wanna stand outside this dingus's bedroom window with a boombox over my head like John Cusack blasting this 24/7

YUSSSS Great sound, great riffs, perfect vocal performance...do I just like it when you're angry? I wanna stand outside this dingus's bedroom window with a boombox over my head like John Cusack blasting this 24/7

yeah it's such a perfect and appropriate phrase. i'm not 100% sure of the origin, but i heard it from Chad Clark of the incredible band Beauty Pill. he mentioned (can't remember if it was in an interview or in his bandcamp newsletter) that he had received an email from Guy Picciotto from Fugazi that closed with something like, "I hope you are doing ok in this time of great insult."
that really stuck with me!

[quote=Paisleyfrog][quote=jwh]this is truly a time of great insult. love & solidarity & power to the people[/quote] Thank you <3 I struggled a bit with the solo section a bit, I wanted something more ragged but wasn't feeling it. Ended up doing that frenetic little line and doubled it an octave down. A Time of Great Insult....might need to make a song out of that... [/quote] yeah it's such a perfect and appropriate phrase. i'm not 100% sure of the origin, but i heard it from Chad Clark of the incredible band [url=https://beautypill.bandcamp.com/album/describes-things-as-they-are]Beauty Pill[/url]. he mentioned (can't remember if it was in an interview or in his bandcamp newsletter) that he had received an email from Guy Picciotto from Fugazi that closed with something like, "I hope you are doing ok in this time of great insult." that really stuck with me! <3

tbh I'm so glad I checked the lyrics but the intro was great!

tbh I'm so glad I checked the lyrics but the intro was great! :lol:

“Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it.” ― Hannah Arendt

“Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it.” ― Hannah Arendt <3

Sick track! I keep wanting to make angry protest tracks but I just can't figure out how to tap into that energy while sitting at my computer building songs in a DAW...you've nailed it though, great job!

Sick track! I keep wanting to make angry protest tracks but I just can't figure out how to tap into that energy while sitting at my computer building songs in a DAW...you've nailed it though, great job!

The sad part (or at least one of the sad parts) is that you hold yourself to a higher standard than the Vice President does.  You at least have the decency to feel a little guilty about your "hypocrisy."  And that dude has definitely gotten jiggy with a few inappropriate things in his day.  Couches might be the least of them.  Rockin' track and it should totally be blasted at him everywhere he goes.  No notes, ten out of ten.   

The sad part (or at least one of the sad parts) is that you hold yourself to a higher standard than the Vice President does. You at least have the decency to feel a little guilty about your "hypocrisy." And that dude has definitely gotten jiggy with a few inappropriate things in his day. Couches might be the least of them. Rockin' track and it should totally be blasted at him everywhere he goes. No notes, ten out of ten.

Dat Ministry vibe...

Man fuck these guys, unfathomable what is happening... 2 minutes hate def got upgraded to 5 x_X ... I think about that often when I see comments on social media... feels like we live in a constant state of 2 minutes of hate

Dat Ministry vibe... <3 Man fuck these guys, unfathomable what is happening... 2 minutes hate def got upgraded to 5 x_X ... I think about that often when I see comments on social media... feels like we live in a constant state of 2 minutes of hate

Going hard!

really like the guitars there. Super track.

Going hard! really like the guitars there. Super track.

Fuck him, love this

Fuck him, love this

Thanks! That's one thing about industrial, the lyrics can be a bit hard to understand

Yeah. "Make the lie big enough, and repeat it often enough..."

Thanks! Yeah, I lean on a lot of my favorite music when trying to make a track like this. Also helped that I wrote the lyrics first before I laid down music - and watched the Couchfucker's press conference.

That got me angry.

Thanks. It's the whole "when hunting monsters, one must take care not to become amonster yourself." Facts have to  matter.

Also makes me think of the joke I heard the other day - "Did you hear that Usha Vance is pregnant with their fourth child?

She must have fallen asleep on the couch."

Thanks! And god dammit...I thought it was the Five Minute Hate - but you're right, it's only two. It's  been a bit since I've read 1984. It's stuck with me. There's the feel I should revisit it, but I'm not sure about when I'm living it. "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."

Thanks! I was able to go back to some of my presets from '24

Thanks!

[quote=b bro]tbh I'm so glad I checked the lyrics but the intro was great! :lol: [/quote] Thanks! That's one thing about industrial, the lyrics can be a bit hard to understand :D [quote=emily] “Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it.” ― Hannah Arendt <3[/quote] Yeah. "Make the lie big enough, and repeat it often enough..." [quote=Sodabelly]Sick track! I keep wanting to make angry protest tracks but I just can't figure out how to tap into that energy while sitting at my computer building songs in a DAW...you've nailed it though, great job![/quote] Thanks! Yeah, I lean on a lot of my favorite music when trying to make a track like this. Also helped that I wrote the lyrics first before I laid down music - and watched the Couchfucker's press conference. That got me angry. [quote=Cosmic Cairns]The sad part (or at least one of the sad parts) is that you hold yourself to a higher standard than the Vice President does. You at least have the decency to feel a little guilty about your "hypocrisy." And that dude has definitely gotten jiggy with a few inappropriate things in his day. Couches might be the least of them. Rockin' track and it should totally be blasted at him everywhere he goes. No notes, ten out of ten. [/quote] Thanks. It's the whole "when hunting monsters, one must take care not to become amonster yourself." Facts have to matter. Also makes me think of the joke I heard the other day - "Did you hear that Usha Vance is pregnant with their fourth child? She must have fallen asleep on the couch." [quote=XC3N]Dat Ministry vibe... <3 Man fuck these guys, unfathomable what is happening... 2 minutes hate def got upgraded to 5 x_X ... I think about that often when I see comments on social media... feels like we live in a constant state of 2 minutes of hate[/quote] Thanks! And god dammit...I thought it was the Five Minute Hate - but you're right, it's only two. It's been a bit since I've read 1984. It's stuck with me. There's the feel I should revisit it, but I'm not sure about when I'm living it. "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." [quote=djippy]Going hard! really like the guitars there. Super track.[/quote] Thanks! I was able to go back to some of my presets from '24 :) [quote=hamez]Fuck him, love this[/quote] Thanks!

wow ministry / kmfdm highschool flashbacks

wow ministry / kmfdm highschool flashbacks

That distortion on your voice is perfect: cuts through the mix, AND cuts through my soul! I love the hard-driving momentum of the angst here, you frame and orchestrate it so perfectly

That distortion on your voice is perfect: cuts through the mix, AND cuts through my soul! I love the hard-driving momentum of the angst here, you frame and orchestrate it so perfectly <3