[QUOTE=pate;16041000]Also, guys I recorded a power metal album. I'm waiting on my singer to record his vocals, and I'll upload it for you.

It's mainly heavy power, but with a lot of thrash and a few bits of other stuff.

I recorded it like 2 months ago I don't know why I waited until now to post it in this thread.[/QUOTE]
did you do most of the instrumentation/writing, or was it a joint effort with a band?

in essence more details, please

I wrote all the music. Singer writes all lyrics and vocal melodies.


There are 11 songs.

1. Epic orchestral intro
2. Progressive heavy song with acoustic break in middle
3. Traditional metal song
4. Judas Priest style song, that turns into Opeth halfway through
5. Epic ballad that turns into a riff fest
6. Thrasher
7. Trad metal song
8. Iced Earth tribute song
9. Thrasher
10. Judas Priest crossed with regular power metal
11. EPIC 14 MINUTE BATTLE EPIC



Enough detail?? :p

needs more screams and galloping.

:p

sounds sick Lee. looking forward to giving that a listen

Needs more epic.

[QUOTE=Stormrider;16041066]needs more screams and galloping.

:p[/QUOTE]

Actually, there's a shitload of gallops, and some harsh vocal sections. There's even a black metallish part where you nubs get to hear my shrieks.


I'm handling harsh vox btw.

Nice. I didn't mean black metal screams, though.

Oh. Epic wailing?

My singer will probably do that stuff. He's pro.



And I edited track 8 to a more accurate description.

[QUOTE=pate;16041062]I wrote all the music. Singer writes all lyrics and vocal melodies.


There are 11 songs.

1. Epic orchestral intro
2. Progressive heavy song with acoustic break in middle
3. Traditional metal song
4. Judas Priest style song, that turns into Opeth halfway through
5. Epic ballad that turns into a riff fest
6. Thrasher
7. Trad metal song
8. Iced Earth tribute song
9. Thrasher
10. Judas Priest crossed with regular power metal
11. EPIC 14 MINUTE BATTLE EPIC



Enough detail?? :p[/QUOTE]

wow

boner inducing

[QUOTE=pate;16041088]Oh. Epic wailing?

My singer will probably do that stuff. He's pro.



And I edited track 8 to a more accurate description.[/QUOTE]

Hahah, now it is complete!

Speaking of which, I've been back to listening to Burnt Offerings a lot lately. So good.

[QUOTE=pate;16041088]Oh. Epic wailing?

My singer will probably do that stuff. He's pro.

.[/QUOTE]

Like Daniel Heiman Fabio Lionne Epic I can hit notes higher than you wailing?

I think so.

He categorized himself as Daniel Gildenlow minus the top half octave, so that's getting up there.

[QUOTE=pate;16041062]I wrote all the music. Singer writes all lyrics and vocal melodies.


There are 11 songs.

1. Epic orchestral intro
2. Progressive heavy song with acoustic break in middle
3. Traditional metal song
4. Judas Priest style song, that turns into Opeth halfway through
5. Epic ballad that turns into a riff fest
6. Thrasher
7. Trad metal song
8. Iced Earth tribute song
9. Thrasher
10. Judas Priest crossed with regular power metal
11. EPIC 14 MINUTE BATTLE EPIC



Enough detail?? :p[/QUOTE]

As my friend Greg might put it, my face is anticipating it's inevitable melting.

[QUOTE=Steerpike;16041280]As my friend Greg might put it, my face is anticipating it's inevitable melting.[/QUOTE]

:lol: my name is Greg.

Okay, so here's Winter Wolf. No vocal melody yet, and I don't like the ending very much. I'll work on that later. The solo is the longest I've ever written and possibly my best yet.

hxxp://download.yousendit.com/5DDE68211FFDB2CB

Betrayal is track 1 in The Scarlet Citadel. If you haven't read the book yet, do it. The whole thing will make much more sense then. I really like the riffing here in particular.

hxxp://download.yousendit.com/EA9BA95709A4EFCD

[QUOTE=Steerpike;16049490]Okay, so here's Winter Wolf. No vocal melody yet, and I don't like the ending very much. I'll work on that later. The solo is the longest I've ever written and possibly my best yet.
[/QUOTE]

It's really good. :)

Has anyone heard of the band Boomerang?

Are they Australian?

[QUOTE=PoetandthePendulum;16041336]:lol: my name is Greg.[/QUOTE]

HOLY **** THAT'S [i]HILARIOUS[/I]

Don't mean to push guys, but I could really use some feedback.

[QUOTE=Steerpike;16051340]Don't mean to push guys, but I could really use some feedback.[/QUOTE]

I know jackshit about music composition, but I have the feeling that [i]Winter Wolf[/i] would go well with male choral voices, at least at the beginning

S'pretty cool

I'll review the other too at some point

it sounds good but i guess i don't know what the sleigh bells are for? :confused:

can you record and do you play guitar? i could do the keyboards and drums if you want to try to make this non-guitar pro sounding.

[QUOTE=Shadows Within;16054602]it sounds good but i guess i don't know what the sleigh bells are for? :confused:
[/QUOTE]

[b]IT'S DAT WINTERTIME SOUND[/b]

[QUOTE=1338 h4x0r;16054403]I know jackpoop about music composition, but I have the feeling that [i]Winter Wolf[/i] would go well with male choral voices, at least at the beginning[/QUOTE]

I was thinking more of some ambient sounds.

[QUOTE=Shadows Within;16054602]it sounds good but i guess i don't know what the sleigh bells are for? :confused:[/quote]

I was hoping to create a wintery atmosphere. Unfortunately, the bells came out higher in the mix than I wanted.

[quote]can you record and do you play guitar? i could do the keyboards and drums if you want to try to make this non-guitar pro sounding.[/QUOTE]

No, and yes but I suck.

I'm hoping to record everything sometime in the spring or summer. If you're still interested, I'll let you know when I plan to start.

sounds good im just trying to get better at recording as that is what i plan to do after high school.

plus it give me a chance to show off my JV-1080 sounds :p

[QUOTE=Steerpike;16054641]I was thinking more of some ambient sounds.
[/QUOTE]

If you've ever heard the voice-like ambient sounds that Kraftwerk, Isao Tomita and Walter Carlos, among others, use(d) in their songs, they'd be pretty awesum

[url]http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=625581[/url]

click on poet and the pendulum 2, full song will be created tommorow :)

[QUOTE=Shadows Within;16055129][url]http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=625581[/url]

click on poet and the pendulum 2, full song will be created tommorow :)[/QUOTE]

That equals more epic winning than I could possibly give. Outstanding!!!!

anyone have any suggestions for naming a song about Aragorn and Arwen?

and yes that was highly epic, though I can imagine a 3 Inches Of Blood song busting out afterwoulds for some reason :p

hopefully it will turn out good, my orchestral expansion is pretty much the god of synth orchestras, i have a nice brassy attack for the next part, just gotta worry about the drums and the woodwind parts.

I am totally looking forward to listening to it.

[QUOTE=1338 h4x0r;16054655]If you've ever heard the voice-like ambient sounds that Kraftwerk, Isao Tomita and Walter Carlos, among others, use(d) in their songs, they'd be pretty awesum[/QUOTE]

I'll have to look that up. In the meantime, I envisioned the sounds of wind and actual wolf howls

[QUOTE=Shadows Within;16055129]click on poet and the pendulum 2, full song will be created tommorow :)[/QUOTE]

Teh epicz.

I'll try and put up a few more songs from The Scarlet Citadel (again, all midi sadly) tomorrow. I've been listening to a lot of Nightwish, Bal-Sagoth, and Alestorm lately. I'm hoping the influence doesn't turn into plagiarism.

I've tried experimenting with a few different things, so it breaks down like this:

1. Intro/Betrayal (starts with a major key march, goes into a gallop-fest with awesome solo)
2. The Scarlet Citadel (melancholy intro, defiant middle, dissonant, sinister outro)
3. A Prisoner (droning doom metal song with mid-tempo second half)
4. The Depths (weird time signature heavy on atmosphere and tension)
5. On Wings from Beyond (low-key instrumental with 8-finger tapping melodies)
6. King Conan Lives (dissonant high-speed riffing with blast beats and some slap bass in the second passage)
7. The Battle of Shamara (symphonic rousing battle epic)

And the non-story tracks break down like this:

1. Fire Wraith (doom metal dirge complete with church organ)
2. Infinite Serpents (mid-tempo metal with growled and clean vocals written entirely in harmonic minor)
3. Winter Wolf (chilly power metal with b[size=2]i[/size]tchin' solo)
4. Dark Heart of the Woods (mid-tempo power metal with multiple solos and spooky atmosphere and lyrics)

[QUOTE=Grumma;16055173]anyone have any suggestions for naming a song about Aragorn and Arwen?[/QUOTE]

[i]Cerin Amroth[/i]

[url]http://www.glyphweb.com/Arda/c/cerinamroth.html[/url]

That'll do us ;)

[QUOTE=Grumma;16055511]That'll do us ;)[/QUOTE]

I'll take this opportunity to rep-whore

Shadows, you didn't figure this out by ear, did you? If so, MAAAD props.

Killin' sounds too.

most of it was ear, rest was GP, same with a serpentine offering cover i did.

[quote]most of it was ear[/quote]
:amaze:

How long did it take you to learn it by ear?

not too long once you know what the key changes are and what not it's just a matter of how much you know about how orchestras work.

Human Fortress have a new album coming out in April. Their first one with Carsten Frank on vocals.

It'll be interesting to hear that one. I love Carsten's vocals, but Galloglass was pretty much an extension of Serpent Moves, so I do wonder how he'll sound in a completely new band.