Check Out My Band

[Lambda]

Hey guys, please check out my band Gatling:

http://www.myspace.com/gatlingonline

We are an experimental rock band, although we play avant-garde, metal, rock, electronica, techno, blues, punk, etc.

Please check us out and tell us how we can improve. Thanks! :wave:

[Neoteric]

very sloppy and not very interesting. keep at it though.

[Lambda]

in what way?
what song did you listen too?

[Boilermaker]

**** man, you've pissed him off! You have offended Magnum13!!!

Influences
Buckethead
In Flames
Rush
Trivium
DragonForce
No Use For A Name
Cobra Strike
Thanatopsis
NOFX

haha

[Jacaranda]

were r the vocals.

[YDload]

okay i am listening to the song "exoskeleton" and i will give you an honest critique.

it is really boring. it just sounds like guitar and drums... the recording quality is absolutely terrible, which normally isn't a problem for us lo-fi rock fans. but when it's combined with an awful guitar tone and lack of focus., it loses any of the charm of the DIY ethic. it just sounds like someone ****ing around on a guitar with a drummer instead of a metronome. there's nothing wrong with just picking up a guitar and noodling, but for God's sakes don't record it and call it a song.

also you spelled "rhythm" wrong, which is appropriate as the word is a mystery to you.

[Krash100]

shall we turn this into a showcase your band thread? This way Magnum doesn't get ripped apart for 2-3 pages

[Lambda]

lol...
gy!be and explosions in the sky were on that list too.

I didn't type up the stuff on the side, my bandmate did.

Sorry about the recording quality... we don't have the best equipment; generally, we sound better live.

[dinosaurxbrocore]

shall we turn this into a showcase your band thread? This was Magnum doesn't get ripped apart for 2-3 pages

im down check out my band!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_H33GPddVcY

[YDload]

im down check out my band!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_H33GPddVcY

you are in the wrong forum. you'll have better luck in Rock & Metal

[dinosaurxbrocore]

wtf we're indiecore

[okay]

critique
i had to really work to listen to most of a song. there was no drive, intensity, apparent idea, and it didnt really sound like you guys wanted to be playing instruments in the first place. oh yeah it was terribly sloppy as well.

[And_A_Bean]

magnum 13 - the first song i listened to was mzb5. it reminded me a little of this band some of my friends made a while back. when they first started playing together, instead of trying to play easier songs like ccr or nirvana covers they tried to play yngwie and dream theater type stuff. they started out trying to be too technical and therefore didn't develop the basic things you need for a band no matter what style of music you play. i would suggest maybe trying some more basic stuff just to try to get tight with the drummer. i would also suggest maybe working more on the songs before you record them. im not sure if you do this but i remember when i first had the equipment and capacity to record i would just make up a song really quick, just to record it. if you take more time working on songs i think you will have a better end product.

other than all that, i thought the guitar on deceptions was pretty cool. to me it sounded kind of like something from spiderland or something like that. the drums seemed a little off, but the guitar sounded cool. also, props for having michael angelo on your top friends. seeing as how he played guitar on one of the funniest albums ever recorded (nitro - o.f.r.) i think thats worth something.

[cometuesday]

this is really awkward. you guys either have a difficult time staying in tempo with each other or are playing so tentatively that it's messing you up a lot. regardless, this is pretty rough. at best it sounds like these might be good initial ideas for something bigger or a little more thought out but not much more.

[Krash100]

I'll throw my band out there too.

http://www.last.fm/music/Sub+Rosa+Effect

Experimental/Ambient/ and a little jazzy. It's all on the spot improv, but for the most part, we keep it organized. Everything is free to download too (in case you actually like it)