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| Du Hast (Cover) - Remastered by JDVLZ | 2 months ago |
| well done | |
| Black Snow & White Ash (v1) by Vlazreus | 4 months ago |
| Going to re write/record this one, tighten some parts, expand others, tweak the arrangement. | |
| Wöbbly by Vlazreus | 4 months ago |
| Thanks, i'll look into m-audio. | |
| Wöbbly by Vlazreus | 4 months ago |
| fair enough, I'll take that into consideration. | |
| dark side hard style by Lapskin | 4 months ago |
| This makes me wish I still had a keyboard so I could make me some hard style of my own (even if I could afford one, I doubt it would fit all that well in my dorm, and the one at home is hooked up to the family desktop computer and not my laptop). Pretty awesome song. I've always been fond of the darker and harder styles of electronic music, probably because I'm a metalhead, so this is just how I like it. | |
| Wobbles (dubstep/wobble bass test/demo) by Vlazreus | 5 months ago |
| Thanks! I'm not sure if GB has a LFO, but I"m able to approximate the effect of one by using the automatic filter effect and playing with the pulse speed (so its about the same thing?) | |
| Black Snow & White Ash (v1) by Vlazreus | 5 months ago |
| Thanks! the whole thing was played on a bass, and when I tried recording a bass part underneath the lead line, it kept sounding rather odd, not meshing right. I'll probably try again. thinking of adding more to the bridge. I plan on doing the vocals myself as soon as I have lyrics. | |
| Black Snow & White Ash (v1) by Vlazreus | 5 months ago |
| Thanks. I tried specifically to emulate the guitar tone (on my bass) of early swedish death metal bands (namely Dismember) , gritty and rumbly, even a little chunky and muffled on the low end, but clear enough to be listenable and with a clear, singing tone for the higher register. I actually layered three tracks to get that sound. one main track, and then additional track where I only had the highs and one with only the lows. I treated the low track like a bass track, less distorted, but still similar to the main track but deeper and fatter. the high track I tried to make as smooth and clear as possible without making it sound acoustic. I then blended the three tracks to get the sound I wanted. | |
| Pragmatist by Conspiracy_of_the_Crest | 5 months ago |
| This sounds much better than the other version. | |
| Pragmatist (new guitars) by Conspiracy_of_the_Crest | 5 months ago |
 The song overall sounds good, but the guitars aren't very clear, and sound rather thin. the guitars have a low fi feel that clashes with the production of the drums. perhaps if you brought them up in the mix? |
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| Bass Demo III by Vlazreus | 6 months ago |
| Thanks. some of the riffs may be recycled into a more fully fleshed out song. I have two Ideas I'm playing around with right now, one called "The Lament of Akkad" and the other "Kaddath in the Cold Waste" the first title is a reference to the ancient Akkadian empire, and the second is a reference to H.P. Lovecraft. | |
| Bass Demo II by Vlazreus | 6 months ago |
| Thanks. I was going of that industrial, edgy sound, and I'm glad to hear that it worked. most of the song was played with two handed tapping, but on one string, rather than doing arpeggio pattern things like my first one. I kept one hand in more or less the same position and used it to strike the higher notes (I alternated between to of them) I used my other hand to strike the lower notes, and I kept bouncing back and forth between the two, leaving a split second for the open string to ring. I've always like those kinds of rhythms and you can find them in a lot of my songs, I was thrilled to discover that I could play them on the bass almost the same way as I would on a keyboard. | |
| Bass Demo I by Vlazreus | 6 months ago |
| Thanks! I've only had my bass for about two or three weeks, so I've got a ways to go on my technique, but with practice, I think I can do pretty good. perhaps I'll remake the song when I'm better. the sounding like a detuned guitar may be due to the fact that the bass is in fact detuned. I attempted to tune it to C-G-D-A, like my cello, but I misplaced my tuner, and it is slightly off. also, the strings slipped out of tune slightly, particularly the one I have tuned to low C. by using Higher Gauge strings, I hope to alleviate that problem. |
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| The Air by Gweaterman | 6 months ago |
| this is quite good, I'm not quite sure if I'd call it metal though, more like 70's/80's hard rock, not quite crossing the "heaviness threshold" into metal | |
| That which LIes Beyond Even The Void (drumscape) by Vlazreus | 6 months ago |
So I finished the song with instrumentals and everything, and its too big to upload  |
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| In Darkened Hours by Vlazreus | 7 months ago |
| Hmm, you know, I think I'm actually going to redo this one, with my actual cello. the main riff is an old favorite of mine, and I rather like the lyric fragment I had. I'm not sure why this song bothered me so much in the past. the main issue seems to be the drums which don't fit properly, and the heavy part towards the end which is just sloppy. of course this song is more than a year old at this point. I believe I'm going to resurrect it and make it better. | |
| O Deepest & Most Labrynthine Abyss by Vlazreus | 7 months ago |
| Thanks. I would really appreciate some more in depth, detailed objective feedback though. Its always good to hear my music is liked, but not especially constructive. ps. the Hello Cthulhu is absolutely adorable. |
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| Vocal test by Vlazreus | 7 months ago |
| I'm probably going to follow this up with another one, where I'm more in tune. and I'm going to attempt to record vocals for some of my songs. | |
| Programed by Vlazreus | 8 months ago |
| it is short, and the ending sucks because I didn't end it so much as just stop making it go any farther. I ran out of patience. | |
| Doom (demo) by Vlazreus | 9 months ago |
| Am working on lyrics and composing rest of song. have figured out how to improve the production. will be titles "6000 years in shadow" | |
| Fading (v1-needs drums+vox) by Vlazreus | 9 months ago |
| One of my friends from school is working on a bass part and will attempt drums. should have the next version of this song pretty soon. I think I will still try vox myself. | |
| Doom (demo) by Vlazreus | 9 months ago |
| I just gave it some new album art, hand drawn by me | |
| MetalDub by DjBaro | 9 months ago |
 NICE! I'm a fan of metal and dub step, so this is pretty cool. garage band fails on me when I try to add a lot of bass, and getting the wobble to work is a pain. I know that Garage band is not the best program for this kind of music, but its all I have at the moment. |
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| Doom (demo) by Vlazreus | 9 months ago |
| since I can't seem to find away around the noise, and get a thick crunchy distortion that is also clear and not buried in sludge, I think I'm going to try and build my music around it and exploit it. glad to hear you like it | |
| Bläst by Vlazreus | 9 months ago |
| this whole song was played on a keyboard. box would be a mix of death and clean depending on the song. | |
| Backlog: My song 7 by Vlazreus | 9 months ago |
| ah, its definitely in C phrygian mode, though there's probably a few accidentals scattered about. | |
| In the Shadow of the great machine by foolschaos | 9 months ago |
I like, very well done, sounds professional. could definitely see this in a game soundtrack |
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| Children Of The Sea by Mark_Cheetah | 9 months ago |
| an Excellent cover, with great production. the instrumentals are perfect. your voice is also excellent, but it's a lot closer to Ozzy than Dio (which is Why you sounded so amazing in your cover of black sabbath) just not quite the right type of voice to sound best with the song, since the rest of the song is so close to the original. if you had tweaked the arrangement or something to build the song around your voice it might have sounded better. still, Awesome. I'd love to hear you do more covers of Ozzy Sabbath, and you'd probably sound good on songs that had that other guy that was in sabbath, the one most people don't even know about, whose name I cant remember. I think you'd sound great doing Zeppelin too. out of curiosity how high can your voice go? Judas Priest? Anyways, I'm thoroughly impressed |
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| Vivaldi Double Concerto for Two Cellos in G minor (audio re-upload) by Vlazreus | 11 months ago |
| Video is now up on youtube http://youtu.be/mJWDcmJC6H0 |
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| [The Demons Inside] 07 Redemption (Burn The Witch) by darkhatred | 11 months ago |
| Sorry I never got around to doing the vocals. the Vocals you have now sound quite good. with luck, I will get a chance to do record some vocals and we'll see how it turns out. | |
| Vivaldi Double Concerto for Two Cellos in G minor (audio re-upload) by Vlazreus | 1 year ago |
| I've been playing since third grade, about nine, almost ten years now. THe cello is a great instrument, and its probably easier and more comfortable to pick up than a violin (how they contort their necks and wrists like that is beyond me-we get to sit down and hold our arms in a natural position) I will say that its quite expensive to get a good cello. as an amateur you probably wouldn't need anything fancy, but just getting a full size cello that doesn't sound like complete crap will cost a least a thousand dollars. I (my parents) spent roughly $5,500 on mine, and another $500 for the bow (the quality of your bow will make a huge difference. you can get a good carbon fiber bow for the same price as a crappy wood one. don't bother with cheap plastics becuase they're terrible, fiberglass is OK considering how relatively cheap it is) and another $500 on the case (need to keep my cello safe, cuz I can't afford another one) $2000 dollars will get you a decent electric cello, and $5000 is pretty much where electrics max out for price. I would suggest a Mark Wood or comparable instrument. avoid cheap Yamahas like the plague, they've got issues. | |
| [The Demons Inside] 04 Murder In Monroeville by darkhatred | 1 year ago |
| Wow! I'm working on the song you gave me. I think I've pretty much figured out how I'm gonna do the vox, I just need a chance to record at this point, hopefully my Hardware will cooperate when I get one. I'm getting a kinda hardcore vibe from it, so I'm gonna try to go for that kind of feel with it. |
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| Stone Fish by brokentruce | 1 year ago |
| Nice track, I was especially impressed by the vocals, they remind me of Darkthrone. | |
| Backlog: My Song 4 (electronic) by Vlazreus | 1 year ago |
| ok, how should I send it to you, email? or upload a drumless version? does icompossitions' internal messaging system allow for attachments? MP3 or Garage band file? | |
| Spartans Battle March (modern dubstep) by DJ_Siatt | 1 year ago |
| sick (and I mean that in a good way) | |
| Darkness in a Thunderstorm by DJ_Siatt | 1 year ago |
| Normally, I'm not fond of DnB because I like their to be a little more going on in a song, but I can tell this was well done, and It was quite catchy. the bass lines were cool enough to make up for the fact that they're the only thing there and it has a very crisp and clean feel to it. | |
| The Tower (floors 1-10) by DJ_Siatt | 1 year ago |
| cool, though I would like to here the more developed higher floors. I have a feeling they'll be pretty epic. | |
| Dance Floor's on Fire (Sawtooth Style) [open collab for lyrics only] by DJ_Siatt | 1 year ago |
| cool, a really interesting song. normally I would dismiss the odd dissonances where the harmonies don't line up normally as a flaw made accidentally by someone inexperienced (like me several years ago when I first started)but I can tell that you did it on purpose and It works quite well. | |
| Backlog: My Song 4 (electronic) by Vlazreus | 1 year ago |
| ty, cool | |
| Bläst by Vlazreus | 1 year ago |
| I believe most of them are from... betamonkey? and to the best of my knowledge they are Royalty free | |
| Bläst by Vlazreus | 1 year ago |
| Well, considering I lack an electric guitar and suck at playing guitar anyway that might be difficult. you can expect some stuff recorded with my real cello fairly soon. at this point all the drums are loops I gathered after much intense rummaging about the internet. once I start recording some real songs on my actual instrument, theres a drummer at my school who will probably be doing drums for me (his drumming is insane) and one of my friends is giving me a drum machine. I'll even have stuff with vocals eventually Glad to know you like it. |
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| Funeral Fire (new better reverb mix) by Vlazreus | 1 year ago |
| thanks, its good to hear what I did actually work. thanks for the tip | |
| Funeral Fire (new better reverb mix) by Vlazreus | 1 year ago |
| that was actually part of what I was going for. in the previous version there was a marked disconnect between the drums (which were apple loops, both real and software) with my live guitar playing. this was meant mainly to blend the drums into the song as a whole | |
| Tria Mera - The Realm Beneath Us (Soundwave Promo) by juzcook | 1 year ago |
| must be cool performing on the same show as all those big name bands. when are you gonna put out an album? cuz when you do I'm gonna actually buy it, not just download it somewhere. | |
| To Look Upon The Void (final) by Vlazreus | 1 year ago |
| you know, I think out of all my songs so far, this is still one of my best. funny how that works | |
| Portal de luz by Marino_Experiment | 1 year ago |
| I'd also like to try my hand at adding vocals for this. the song itself is amazing, by the way |
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| Behind Enemy Lines - Open for collab [DEMO] by darkhatred | 1 year ago |
| I'd definitely like to add vocals to this song. the only problem is that my computer is in my kitchen and I can only record vocals when nobody else is home. this makes it a lot harder to do this kind of work. | |
| CelloTest I by Vlazreus | 1 year ago |
| Any comments are appreciated, as always. I'm especially eager for suggestions on how to make the guitar (well, really cello) tone better, more a thick, deep crunchy distortion rather than the harsh, buzzy, saw like sound I have now. | |
| Hand Of War by Vlazreus | 1 year ago |
| thanks! the Guitars are software instruments and they're actually just a garage band preset, 80's electric I think. all that I did to them was take off the chorus effect. I Think the sound is from a Jam pack, because it was on the computer at school, but not my home computer. as for the bass paying, since I'm a cellist I have more of an affinity for the bass and I always try to make sure that the baseline gets the love it deserves. most of my other songs actually have 2 or more basses and the bass is even the lead instrument. |
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| Ages by Vlazreus | 1 year ago |
| I really glad to hear the positive comments on this one. I think I will try the things long shot suggested by doubling the bass in a higher octave (I think I'm thinking of the same part of the song) If I get a chance I certainly will record vocals for this one. however, since that may be unlikely, if anyone else wants to take a crack at it then they are more than welcome to. I think this song deserves that nice finishing touch. sadly, this is the best guitar tone I've been able to get out of GB. I'll talk to some of my friends and see if we can get this done with real instruments. its just hard with my rather cluttered schedule and lack of a proper recording space... and I'll try not to disappoint on my next song. | |
| Hand Of War by Vlazreus | 1 year ago |
| thanks! I shall try to see if I can improve the sound of the loops, or find better ones for future songs. if circumstances permit I do plan to add vocals to this song. it would be great if I could get a real drummer, but that may not happen for a while. | |
| G-TEST Dance Metal by SmellKellHell666 | 1 year ago |
while the guitar is good it doesn't mesh with the drums, mainly because of the guitar tone. also, adding bass, synthesizers and stuff would likely help. keep trying!  |
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| Hand Of War by Vlazreus | 1 year ago |
| drums are loops, not much I could do. | |
| A Burning Horizon (EP Promo Video) by juzcook | 1 year ago |
| I like your new logo. though the spacing around the A is a little odd, doesn't really detract though. looks professionally done. very eyecatching, very clean. | |
| A Burning Horizon (EP) (Mastered) by juzcook | 1 year ago |
| I've been waiting for this a long time...and I am not dissapointed | |
| Funeral Fire v1 by Vlazreus | 1 year ago |
| thanks, I'm glad you liked it and I'll keep all your suggestions in mind for my next one. the problem with the drums sounding off is because they are all loops, and unless I can find some ones that match the guitar sound better, I'm kinda stuck | |
| Funeral Fire v1 by Vlazreus | 1 year ago |
| comments and critiques would be most appreciated. | |
| Mysong 3 (industrial/prong-ish) by Vlazreus | 1 year ago |
| thanks | |
| Enter The Machine by Fioretti | 1 year ago |
| wow, great song. I can see why you did an instrumental, as I'm not much a fan of arch enemy's vocals either. I actually like death vocals, but I'm not fond of their vocalists particular style, at least based on those songs of their's I've heard. (I haven't listened to much of their work, which is odd since I like melodic death metal.) | |
| Fatal Influence: Darkness (Red Death) by calinthematrix | 1 year ago |
| excellent classic thrash. reminds me of exodus or something. | |
| Baa Baa Metal Sheep by Forse | 1 year ago |
| it sounds just a tad too fuzzed out, but other than that it was amazing (and amusing) | |
| How Low - Ludacris (Metal remix) by uptheirons106 | 1 year ago |
| wow. I actually liked the original song (not ussually much of a rap fan, though I do like luda better than most other rappers.), but this even better. | |
| "Deimos... Phobos..." by uptheirons106 | 1 year ago |
| epic. only suggestion Is doing something to the drums, as right now they sound very thin. | |
| The Once and Future King (New Version) by Heartland | 1 year ago |
| great song all around. I love when metal has harmonies. I can hear a definite iron maiden influence, as well as the folk influence. the bass playing during the guitar solo reminded me of black sabbath (this is a good thing, I love their bass lines) I especially like the darker part towards the end, and I can hear subtle hints of melancholy black metal throughout, even besides the obvious part. I really enjoyed listening to it. | |
| dishonor by CduB561 | 1 year ago |
| wow, you actually played those drums on a keyboard? I can barely get a fairly simple beat down, and even then only by recording each drum separately. (thus I use loops) the drumming was awesome, and I enjoyed the song as a whole too. | |
| Termination Dust by specktre | 1 year ago |
I'm not sure I would consider it metal, but I really liked it. it was very catchy, had nice hooks. |
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| Gothos (working title) by Vlazreus | 1 year ago |
| yeah, thats what I ended up doing. it was overheating, but after I left it unplugged for a day, its been fine since. | |
| Need Vocal Collab! by Drastic | 1 year ago |
| hmm... perhaps my rammstein impression voice might work on this one | |
| In The Shadow Of The Sun by Vlazreus | 1 year ago |
| the drums are all loops | |
| Gothos (working title) by Vlazreus | 1 year ago |
| I deliberately left room in the song for a vocal line, though that doesn't do any good if I never get around to recording vocals. as for the guitar, yeah, its off. I sort of improvised this song as I went along, and some of the parts didn't work out quite right. I probably should go back and fix it. | |
| Gothos (working title) by Vlazreus | 1 year ago |
| comments and critiques please? | |
| The Devil's Tools (new) by Smileygeezer | 1 year ago |
| tool is always good. I liked how you worked your own stuff over the basic framework of sober. I didn;t hear the old version, but I quite like the guitar tone on this | |
| Heavytune by irok | 1 year ago |
| ah, sounds good. paradise lost is a good band to be influenced by, though I prefer their earlier works, which leaned more to the metal than the goth side. I think this song could work with vocals, though its fine as it is |
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| Lydian thing by Fhoard | 1 year ago |
| I look forward to hearing more of your music | |
| Morpheus Comes by Fhoard | 1 year ago |
| ooh, sounds cool. I like the production, almost 70's-ish, but with modern drums and the spaciousness of it. it has an almost slayer-ish quality to it. I like the synth touches. | |
| Brutal (working title) by GMacDaddyTPO | 1 year ago |
while I may not be able to evaluate it as constructively as Eidolonia, I will say that is sounds really good. the performance could be a little tighter in spots, but it doesn't detract much from the song. if you hadn't pointed it out that you messed up some of the stuff, I simply would have assumed it was supposed to sound like that, and that you'd done it on purpose for atmosphere and stylistic reasons. also,the garage band drums detract a little, but theres not much that can be dun about that. |
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| C Sharp Minor by Fhoard | 1 year ago |
| really sounds good. I find using interesting key signatures always yields good results. I myself tend to use f minor because its one of the heavier sounding keys I can easily play in on my cello. I also am experimenting more with chromatic scales, and quarter tones. do you do your own vocals, or do you need a vocalist? |
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| In The Shadow Of The Sun by Vlazreus | 1 year ago |
| thanks for the feedback when I go back to fix the sound effect problems I will tone down the swishy things a bit. there were parts where they bothered me too. the water sounds are a wonderful apple loop called scuba breathing, can be found in the sound effects section. its always encouraging to get such positive feedback, especially when it is also objective and helpful as well. | |
| In The Shadow Of The Sun by Vlazreus | 2 years ago |
| hmm... the album art failed to upload | |
| ...And So We Wept (v1) by Vlazreus | 2 years ago |
| thank you for the feedback, I found it quite helpful. I will probably delete the sound effects that got messed up, and I think I may add some synths over the first section to break the monotony up a little bit. while I haven't heard that specific song, I am familiar with MDB's music and they are one of my favorite doom bands. I may try adding vocal samples if I cannot record vocals. If I do get a chance to record vocals, they will likely be in a similar style to MDB, though my voice is lower than their vocalist's. I think I may put in chanting as well. |
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| Godhead Lament (Opeth Cover) by hacked_to_pieces | 2 years ago |
| gotta love Opeth, great cover | |
| Black Sabbath by Mark_Cheetah | 2 years ago |
wow, awesome cover. the production quality is astounding and the Vocals are really good (usually I find peoples vocals to be horribly lacking when they do covers of awesome bands like sabbath) I think I may actually like this better than the original song. |
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| Infernal Machines (v1) by Vlazreus | 2 years ago |
| thanks for the feedback. I often find that my intros are the best part of my songs, I enjoy creating the buildup. | |
| In Darkened Hours by Vlazreus | 2 years ago |
| I am glad that you like it, but I am doing this more for my own sake. when I re-listened to this recently I found it almost painful to listen to. also, since this song may never end up with vocals, even if I finish the lyrics I want the instrumental parts to be able to stand on their own. It will still have the same basic theme, but it will sound a little more polished, and less redundant | |
| In Darkened Hours by Vlazreus | 2 years ago |
| I am planning to totally redo this song, using the same main riffs, but with better flow, and resolve the glaring issues with the current version. | |
| Poetry & Demons by Vlazreus | 2 years ago |
| thanks for the compliments, and I noticed the same things with the drums, I may ad in more tabla and bongo over the main beat. the eastern feel is probably because of the sitar and indian drums | |
| Trapped In A Glass House With No Reflection by InAutumnForever | 2 years ago |
| reminds me of iron maiden in spots | |
| Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by tedfire | 2 years ago |
| The only thing I could say to make it better would be to beef it up a little, perhaps making more use of the low brass and cello, to give it a little more power. Excellent arrangement though, I loved it. | |
| Minuet in Dminor(J.S.Bach) by AcetyleneJukebox | 2 years ago |
| Well done, I love bach, and this is a remarkable, and highly interesting arrangement. I had never thought of doing a jazz/world arrangement of bach. I have always thought that Baroque music translated well to metal, but I had never thought about it being connected to jazz. YOU however, have proved that it can. I enjoyed listening to this quite a bit. | |
| MIDI Metal (Bach Style) by Lukeaef | 2 years ago |
| I find that baroque/classical music and metal aren't really that far apart. Bach, and Vivaldi (who are among my favorite composers) tend to translate especially well. (this especially true with power metal) I thought this was well done. | |
| Lotus by THROWINGSHAPES | 2 years ago |
| If this is a "failed attempt", or an average song, I want to hear one of your good ones. this is extraordinarily well executed, far better than anything I have yet produced. | |
| Through The Mists Of Hades by Vlazreus | 2 years ago |
| thanks | |
| In This Darkened Vale (v1-no vocals) by Vlazreus | 2 years ago |
| If you would like to come up with some lyrics you would be welcome to, and I would appreciate the help. and Thanks for the compliments, Its reassuring to hear the people actually like my work. | |
| To Look upon the Void (v1 no vocals) by Vlazreus | 2 years ago |
| thanks for the compliment. I was hoping the intro would be well received. Hopefully I'll have the next version ready soon. I'll Definitely add vocals, though it may be a little tricky fitting in another guitar line. and probably album art too. | |
| Chainsaw by Marino_Experiment | 2 years ago |
 nice |
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| Winds of Armageddon (v1.3) by juzcook | 2 years ago |
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| Open My Eyes by juzcook | 2 years ago |
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| INDIGO (axemen dance metal version) by FarhanBabeh | 2 years ago |
| I like it | |
| asylum by Dustwood | 3 years ago |
| If you give me lyrics, I will sing them. I don't have a very wide range, but I have a good bass/baritone voice. I can do clean vocals, and to a certain extent harsh ones as well, though my death growl leaves much to be desired. I can actually do a passable imitation of the vocalist from Rammstien, which is the sort of voice that I think would work well for this song. | |
| Legions by blackheart | 3 years ago |
Wow, this sounds professional, reminds me of Amon amarth. |
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