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| Like A Virgin (cover!) by Naaji | 1 month ago |
 Like a surgeon, hey Cuttin' for the very first time Like a surgeon Got your kidneys on my mind Like a surgeon, ooh like a surgeon When I reach inside With my scalpel, and my forceps, and retractors Oh oh, oh oh, woe, oh Ooh baby, yah I can hear your heartbeat For the very last time |
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| Soft Lullaby (or Bunny-by) atomic mix by Surak | 1 month ago |
| do whatever you want, just must be a lullaby. | |
| Tricky Wicked Woman (remix ft. taylormade) by PinkFreud | 1 month ago |
this is brutal! I love this, so Evil and lovely... I must play this to the minions. I love the guitars, mix, whole thing is perfect. |
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| MARY's SISTER (w/ Taylormade) by MickD | 1 month ago |
this is lovely. nice groove |
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| Bah Weep Granah Weep Ninni Bong(W/Spitlogic) by Skean | 1 month ago |
Ah the universal greeting. I learned it back in the battle of Minos 4. (accepts proffered energy goody and proceeds to pontificate as Kup the progenitor of this saying would) good song, as the song is and the place it comes from are more than meets the ear. lol I'll guess I'll change and roll out. |
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| The Seventh Year "Someday Never Came" by Surak | 2 months ago |
Let's see.. I had only been on iComp six months at this point.. from 12/05 forward. I didn't buy a bass guitar until 08/06... so.. what's there cannot be a bass guitar. and if you asked that guy in June of 06 what "musical typing" was he would say something to you like "Huh?" I have to say upon revisiting, that it has a thick meaty bass tone that is not lacking. For in truth the bass exists as being a guitar using the pitch shifter and only the top 3 wound strings.  |
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| Weekender (Original Mix! Old Versionnn) by Rome | 2 months ago |
very nice smooth sound |
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| Master of Puppets (acoustic Metallica cover) by PinkFreud | 3 months ago |
:D  ok, where do I begin? ok, the pre-chorus reminds me of Alice in Chains Sap album, the chorus reminds me of (giggles) Pink Floyd. And to me no matter what else was changed, one part (the uhm middle part.) had to be dead on. I was not displeased with this in any form. (but I was prepared to send 1 million attack bunnies to your residence to destroy it and you, if I was) I always wonder on the middle/solo section, what would someone like Mozart, or Beethoven (when he could hear) say about it? but I digress. Thank you for sharing this lovely version. |
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| Low Down Blues by mattinorlin | 4 months ago |
you have my complete attention. this is lovely.. drums I can't say I've heard a Death Metal rummer play as well at such a speed and have such life.. I like fast music too.. however my tast for such speeds gravitates towards actual thrash.. this is great.. can honestly say I've never heard anything like this before |
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| Liar's Oath by sonsofhypnos | 4 months ago |
awesome |
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| Warlock's Revenge by Filmscorz | 4 months ago |
"Obi Wan never told you about your father, did he? (He told me you killed him) No I am your father Luke! (Nooooooo!)" Garni's voice on this reminds me of Darth Vader lol love the use of Arabic scales on the guitar.. that guy sounds like a really good player. |
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| The Wrath of Ra by Filmscorz | 4 months ago |
3 plagues will visit the kingdom of Egypt So let it be written, so let it be dome (I killed the firstborn Pharoah's son) very nicely done sir. |
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| October Bliss by anthonygio | 4 months ago |
excellent songs.. could use the vocals up just a bit.. on the crunchy parts their fine.. on the others the words get drowned |
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| Alien Voiceunder by Bob6stringer | 4 months ago |
wow a song that's about aliens and has great guitars in it? wow sorry I missed this |
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| Mirage (part. 1&2) by SQD | 4 months ago |
definitely inspired by dream theater... brutal in it's intensity. |
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| What Does Love Entail? by crissew | 4 months ago |
this is beautiful.. love the acoustic guitar, the vox are superb, mix is perfect. The lyrics are great, nicely written. Sometimes things need to stew a bit before you record them.. so eventually you can share a gem like this. |
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| Tribute Rhoad by mkcoll | 5 months ago |
cool idea nice guitar tone |
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| New Frequency by rasworld | 5 months ago |
this is brutal. I love it. this is the kind of production I work hard for and never quite get. polish.. great vox, guitars, lyrics.. you follow the "don't bore us, get to the chorus" rule.. I love. Keep on rocking on brother! I dig it. |
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| audacity is fun! by dr_elvis01 | 5 months ago |
My lord, what are you doing to that poor canary? |
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| Save Me by sonsofhypnos | 5 months ago |
excellent tunage, sorry been off/away and didn't catch it before now |
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| Dark Lord Rising (Wicked Remaster) by Surak | 5 months ago |
| thanks for all the comments | |
| Deliver Me (Wicked remix) by Surak | 7 months ago |
| what did I mean about the mix? I can't find any statement I made except for the previous version... I stand confused | |
| Deliver Me (Wicked remix) by Surak | 7 months ago |
| so what's the prod hit for? guitar amp hum? elaborate please | |
| Double Talkin' Jive (Guns'n'Roses COVER) by Underworldream | 7 months ago |
great, one thing.. add an explicit tag to the lyrics |
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| Dark Lord Rising (Wicked Remaster) by Surak | 7 months ago |
| ( the intro 2 clean guitars and 1 bass guitar (Fender Jazz) the orchestra Chris Heins and some dated apple loops. lol. 12 tracks of orchestra: two of Chris playing (violin/cello?) (elaborate for us?) one with enough reverb to drown small animals, and one clean. For the sympony of loops, I used the Celtic thingie that sounds like a cello being eaten by a hacksaw. The beat is the Oriental beat thing that sounds like beating bamboo sticks on rocks in a Chinese rock garden. There are 2 bass guitars, one mixed as an orchestra bass, one normal for punch. two different mirrored recordings of bass no loops. One is a Gibson Les Paul tuned down using The AU Pitch Shifter that's stock in all versions of GarageBand using a setting shifted down to -1200. The other my real bass, which is a 1985 Fender Jazz blue Bass with cigarette burns and stickers for tone. the rock band 9 guitars (8 rhythm tracks, 4 each side stereo, and 1 lead) 3 tracks of bass (real not fake bass, 1 track copied 3 times, 1 Fender Jazz Bass) (one I EQ'd treble, one to mids, and one to low for to appease the gods (or one certain mod)) 4 tracks of vocals (2 lead and 2 backing) and 6 tracks of drums (right and left toms, snare, kick, top, and hit-hat) |
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| Deliver Me (Wicked remix) by Surak | 7 months ago |
| thanks again! uhm tranny, your were supposed to just listen to the song not put your head through the monitor... Surak accepts no financial responsibilities for medical costs ensued by listeners. | |
| Deliver Me (Wicked remix) by Surak | 7 months ago |
| thanks everyone for the comments! I had fun remixing this.. if anything I simplified the mix from the old one, taked a few things, left 95 percent of the mix the exact same... did raise the main vox and lower the backers a bit. Xolv, my only defense is that even if I cloned myself I think he'd still sound like me. (Which I did clone myself so I could be lazy and not work, then he said he wanted a day off, and wanted to be me, and I shot him) | |
| ADVENTURES OF A DREAMER - CHAPTER III a) Jonathan's Grandmother b) Sickmund FrogŠ and the Power of 19 c) Funny Puppets' Dance by RolandOfGilead | 7 months ago |
very interesting track, dig the layers |
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| The Dwelling by Gitano | 7 months ago |
live.. different.. have never heard this kind of sound on iComp.. a jam.. feedback... layers... wow.. I have hours of old tapes like this... I have respect for live jams now as I can't do them |
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| Black 777 -02- A Night Out Drinking by Surak | 7 months ago |
| I still ain't getting on no plane with that crazy fool flying it! (drinks milk, starts to pass out and punches Murdock) Fool! (THUD) |
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| Stop War - Suicide Bombing by dirigent | 7 months ago |
brutal |
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| TWO QUESTIONS by Barretok | 7 months ago |
still sounds like someone dropping their keys on parts of the drums other than that lovely |
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| Lightning Strikes Again! [mdestiny] by randolf | 7 months ago |
lovely the guitar sounds almost real (good performance anyway) |
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| Something Wicked by Surak | 7 months ago |
| "bubble bubble toil and trouble fire burn and cauldron bubble by the pricking of the thumbs.. something wicked this way comes" Shakespeare "The Scottish Play" aka MacBeth |
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| Something Wicked by Surak | 7 months ago |
| I'm assuming laps that you are wanting the vox to be louder. I debated that... I decided to go back to what I'm best at with this and mix it the way that's easiest for me.. never mind the guy screaming on the backing vox like my more recent tracks |
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| The Bells of Notre Dame by Absol | 7 months ago |
keyboards sound good.. somehow remind me of a Van Halen song by their sound (so shortly after the intro if EVH started playing guitar I'd never have batted an eyelash) this also reminds of something from a video game... just not 8 bit sounding |
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| 2021 by Axeraider67 | 7 months ago |
reminds of a video game soundtrack |
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| Until You Come Around (final) by Geechi3 | 7 months ago |
lovely as always music is perfect, love the live drums |
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| What's up - Cover by bluebone | 7 months ago |
excellent cover, love it. I used to avoid this song back in the day, but this is a refreshing take on it. smooth vocals, music is dead on. |
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| Spaceball Ricochet by dylennon | 7 months ago |
"Spaceballs? There goes the planet!" "Follow that Winnebago!" "Light Speed sir?" "Light Speed's too slow" "Warp Speed?" "No take us to Ludicrous Speed!" "Ludicrous Speed sir? Noone's ever gone that fast?!" "What's tha matter Colonel Sanders? Chicken?" Good cover |
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| South of Vulcan -13- Don't Ask Me Why by Surak | 8 months ago |
| thanks guys... my odd trips in neo 70's retro modern alternative 10 points if you can tell me where the "tape crackle" is (part of my mastering process is putting the digital track to tape to degrade the audio/compress it) | |
| Leper Messiah - Metallica by calummorris1993 | 8 months ago |
love it.. one piece of advice.. lose the reverb/echo on the vox.. metallica always put them clean and straight down the center |
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| Beat It (Michael Jackson Cover) by artneuro | 8 months ago |
| this is incredible.... I love the whole thing...it does have the Mob era feel to it fight wise as where MJ's had an 80's street fighter air... no EVH pyrotechnics.. you're kidding us right? that solo is killer.... quite impressive I give it 10 bunnies (sorry they multiplied) |
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| THRILLER - BACKING TRACK (open for collab) by Bampot | 8 months ago |
| love this music... not sure if I'm adventurous enough for this (although I could venture an EVH impersonation for another song off the same album) | |
| Whatever Youdo by DonovanFraser | 8 months ago |
this is outstanding.. wish I had more than 5 stars to give |
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| Through Struggle (As i Lay Dying Cover) by macaddict | 8 months ago |
killer... what's metalcore? and what kind of vocal? |
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| Another Wish (final master fixed) by Surak | 8 months ago |
| when is a door not a door | |
| Why Does Fate Hate Me by Zombre | 8 months ago |
yngwie does funk... killer lol |
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| "We like it like that" by DonovanFraser | 9 months ago |
| this is killer... vox reminds me of KISS... very groovin | |
| Shake The Fate(Unfinished) by Verbalist | 9 months ago |
| drums sound a little flat.... guitars sound like 5-6 other surak songs... his lead could be a little better... like the overdriven flanged out bass, oh wait.... NM lol needs a last verse or shake the fates part after the solo... the timing in the intro is eh, but then gets near perfect halfway in. (I know demo track first run goes with the eh so-so mix quite well) Then I might suggest have Surak sing this on the part he wants (which is just the part before the solo and same on the end, RE: needs a final part after the solo for you) The Dark Lord speaks a word, The Darkness spreads unheard. Take your fate and run, Something wicked this way comes. Running for the exit, or into an endless pit. Shake the Fates and run, Something Wicked this way comes! |
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| Triple C, P n A by Verbalist | 9 months ago |
nicely done very professional sounding mix.. I've heard pro hip hop songs sound worse... one thing... It needs more bass or low end... this type of song should make my sub-woofer work more |
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| South of Vulcan -11- Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana Cover) by Surak | 9 months ago |
| rushed my backside that's vocal take 100,519 (at least 25th take) | |
| South of Vulcan -11- Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana Cover) by Surak | 9 months ago |
| that is a rockband USB midi drumset mapped to midi and a combo of two drumsets layered over each other (70's kit and Studio heavy kit from the Rhythm Section jam pack) one thing I've learned is that one cannot have a heavy song without the drums being up to par... and this isn't some double bass madness required beats. | |
| South of Vulcan - 3- Sweet Dreams (are made of this) (Manson Version) by Surak | 11 months ago |
| 50, 1 download and one comment feel a slight bit better lol thanks dir | |
| South of Vulcan - 3- Sweet Dreams (are made of this) (Manson Version) by Surak | 11 months ago |
| 37 | |
| South of Vulcan - 3- Sweet Dreams (are made of this) (Manson Version) by Surak | 11 months ago |
| 34 lol | |
| South of Vulcan - 3- Sweet Dreams (are made of this) (Manson Version) by Surak | 11 months ago |
| 21 | |
| South of Vulcan - 3- Sweet Dreams (are made of this) (Manson Version) by Surak | 11 months ago |
| guess it must be horrible for 20 some listens and NO comments rotflmao | |
| South of Vulcan - 4- Last Touch by Surak | 1 year ago |
| thanks mick and kc! | |
| TIAMAT First Movement by RobAstor | 1 year ago |
Tiamat was a mythocal 5 headed dragon goddess she had one head for each color of evil dragon (red, blue, green, black, and white) and in several DnD (Dungeons and Dragons) games I've had characters meet and be brought to meet her... not the best place to be.. all to bring back Marduk or Mordukkan or some form of the ancient balance through the stories. this would be an apt/perfect soundtrack. |
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| Namaste by PaulAnderson | 1 year ago |
lovely music and themes and things you got there. I could here this as part of movie soundtrack |
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| Big Black Dog (God come home now) by MickD | 1 year ago |
| lovely piece nicely done good production, vox reminds me of Ozzy (that's a compliment from me) | |
| South of Vulcan - 4- Last Touch by Surak | 1 year ago |
| thanks ramonaji lol it happens | |
| Eating Yourself From Within (an anti war song) by Naaji | 1 year ago |
excellent |
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| South of Vulcan - 4- Last Touch by Surak | 1 year ago |
| thanks morris, jack, and Tribix! I'm waiting for the chance to play the arena tour yet |
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| South of Vulcan - 4- Last Touch by Surak | 1 year ago |
| it's all 19 Roland (LOL) thanks Feahm |
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| Brockley Somerset- The Ability To Function by robcork | 1 year ago |
sounds like something from a movie soundtrack.. mostly due to the transitions.... specifically.. a bond/007 movie lol |
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| Deja vu by Dustwood | 1 year ago |
how you doing the vocals? is that an offer for collab? hmm good stuff |
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| Vobis - Instrumental by calummorris1993 | 1 year ago |
brutal |
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| The Little Princess by RolandOfGilead | 1 year ago |
very beautiful theme |
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| South of Vulcan - 4- Last Touch by Surak | 1 year ago |
| happy? I'm ecstatic lol! never been this far up the list sure made it to say 8 or so but not for more than a few hours (number 4 at time of writing this response) You don't how odd and how proud i feel to get here! thanks Raven | |
| South of Vulcan - 4- Last Touch by Surak | 1 year ago |
| thanks nick, and ob! Lol at dee! | |
| South of Vulcan - 4- Last Touch by Surak | 1 year ago |
| No I mixed this thing in hehehehehe GarageBand! so you too can do this with a bit of work and talent. It just takes a few more tricks to get things done in GB to make it sound pro, but trust me it CAN be done in GB. (Tip if you dl it in iTunes hit get info or properties in windows, it will report mp3 was indeed created by GarageBand ) ut thanks Mo for thinking of me making my life easier. I like an 80's analog sound and Logic is too easy to get the modern digital one. thanks hacked! |
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| South of Vulcan - 4- Last Touch by Surak | 1 year ago |
| Thanks Keith, and tnn I'm sure Dave appreciates the vocals compliment! Still glad yall enjoy it! and you too smiley! lol you snuck in one me. It does sound like MSG.. it's not quite the Iron Maiden sound I had thought of but something different and more modern sounding |
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| South of Vulcan - 4- Last Touch by Surak | 1 year ago |
| thank you Dave for singing on this. Np's bass comes across fine for me and on all of my speaker tests. So I hope it does for everybody. (48 hours of work on mixing later I hope so) Thanks Eido! lol I'm happy to read any comments |
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| South of Vulcan - 4- Last Touch by Surak | 1 year ago |
| thanks DX and Irok, I do try to earn my 5 stars on production if nothing else I'm glad yall like it! thanks for all the comments keep em coming |
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| South of Vulcan - 4- Last Touch by Surak | 1 year ago |
| so we should start the iComp world tour lol! thanks B and igno! | |
| Psycho (Anger Management Mix) by C_Man | 1 year ago |
| brutal | |
| Find Someone to Love (body shots) by Naaji | 1 year ago |
reminds me of Blondie |
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| The Ex by Naaji | 1 year ago |
good stuff |
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| Unemployment Blues by pharmakeus | 1 year ago |
| same live 70's sound love it bro. love the doors like organs vox reminds me of skynard. | |
| Rotten Town by pharmakeus | 1 year ago |
| Love that guitar tone. Reminds me very much of Neil Young too. production is perfect and indeed sounds live. just needs crowd noise. very impressive (lights applause sign) |
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| TYNAN -The Dark One (o) by Garni | 1 year ago |
| very cool and dark.. I like it... (I could do guitars for this lol) | |
| Dreaming of Your Kiss by Naaji | 1 year ago |
very lovely |
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| ANOTHER STORY by Barretok | 1 year ago |
| cool track d00d | |
| It's Over by RAVENS | 1 year ago |
| lovely vocals very sexy sounding nice music to go along as well | |
| South of Vulcan - 4- Last Touch by Surak | 1 year ago |
| Thanks Soul, MissR thank you for listening! Pink thanks you too this was quite fun to work on and still amazes me that I did this (except for the vocals and bass) |
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| Crazy (Gnarls Barkley cover) by PinkFreud | 1 year ago |
this is very Pink Floyd like I love it |
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| South of Vulcan - 4- Last Touch by Surak | 1 year ago |
| I used to have to deal with a bass player that was over the top loud so the 18 inch was the equalizer.. "I have more bass than you" It's a bit of an ordeal matching the timing back up, the 4 count intro helps |
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| South of Vulcan - 4- Last Touch by Surak | 1 year ago |
| thanks pinky, crank it loud lol! You find me someone to sell it to and I will Jeff! | |
| South of Vulcan - 4- Last Touch by Surak | 1 year ago |
| thanks red and rusti, glad yall enjoyed it. and if you hear everything then the engineer did his job correctly | |
| South of Vulcan - 4- Last Touch by Surak | 1 year ago |
| thanks md! trilo only if I can take my mac along |
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| South of Vulcan - 4- Last Touch by Surak | 1 year ago |
| thanks doc, drax and pharm. We should really, this thing rocks. and Bec thanks too (you snuck in on me while I was responding to the previous comments lol) |
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| IN SYNC 2 by KCsGROOVE | 1 year ago |
| ooh... aah... pretty | |
| South of Vulcan - 4- Last Touch by Surak | 1 year ago |
| thanks xolv, geo and garni! glad yall liked it.. I'm glad it all came out so good. | |
| Little Princess (Farting is Awesome mix by SRC) by shavingronaldscar | 1 year ago |
brutal |
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| The Prince (Acoustic) [Diamond Head Cover] by Heartland | 1 year ago |
this is incredible (I too am I NWOBHM fan I just resort to writing songs in the early 80's style) awesome guitar work |
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| Raining Blood by calummorris1993 | 1 year ago |
Sounds fine to me reminds me of some early vocal performances I've done.. I can't find anything wrong IMO as a metalhead of 25 years. (I own this album on vinyl ) Opinions are just like backsides.. some stink and some don't. Don't let the opinions of one person rule how you live your life or what you think. back to the song.. only thing I may suggest is a little less echo on the vox.. with bands like Slayer and Metallica.. they make their vox Clean and straight down the center. (just a suggestion) |
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| South of Vulcan - 2- Never Say Goodbye by Surak | 1 year ago |
| fun in an excruciating torturous but satisfying way | |
| Lord of the Rings Metal by calummorris1993 | 1 year ago |
this is killer.. love the LOTR melodies done this way |
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