music Metyllisk Originals, My first album - Now on Bandcamp!

[KakeiTheWolf 652]

After a long month or two of composing music, from the gentlest of songs to the opus that made me rife with hysterical ague in parts, I have officially released my first finished album on Bandcamp.

 

Metyllisk Originals is a 4 disc album that composes all of my songs (barring duplicates, version changes, and vocals), the tracks of which that vary from the Classical genre to the Metal genre. Across these four discs is 73 tracks, totaling a mind boggling 8.9 hours in duration, all original songs written by me, either note by note or by keyboard input. So let me cut to the chase and give a rundown of the discs now... SKIP TO BOTTOM FOR LINK.

 

 

Metyllisk Originals Disc I: Enchained - 20 tracks totaling 2:18:48

 

The first disc of my album, Enchained is an album focused around songs build around the sorrow and desolation and anger captivity brings, whatever may bind you. At the same time, some songs celebrate the hope of becoming free and taking away the pain and the burden you feel. The album art reflects this, by showing the empty, cold walls of a metaphorical prison, to show the expansiveness of the despair that is brought forth by being holed up and locked away. Very reminiscent of my old feelings on life, where I experienced these feelings, and was just as much a prisoner as anyone else.

 

 

Metyllisk Originals Disc II: Metyl Rayns - 20 tracks totalling 1:20:53

 

The second disc of the album, Metyl Rayns, is much like the original picture and fanfic this was named after. The songs alternate between blazing fast and calm, in near perfect balance, and reflect the conflicting feelings of Metyllisk when his mind was going forth between a frenzied panic and a despaired calm, feelings that led to his suicide (If you haven't read Metyl Rayns, none of that will make sense). The knife symbolizes solemn emotion and hopelessness, the calm, and the locket flowing in the wind symbolizes the frenetic waltz of worry and love, separate or combined. This disc contains the song Metyl Rayns, which I consider to be one of my best because of the atmosphere it conveys and its clever use of instruments (most notably using snare drums to simulate wind).

 

 

Metyllisk Originals Disc III: Machinacha - 18 tracks totaling 1:10:58

 

The third disc of the album, Machinacha portrays the clear balance between the aspects of the mind.

Almost equally are the philosophical songs, ones that provoke thought and encourage interpretation,

the emotional songs, evoking feelings of love, hope, and perhaps even despair, and the ,ysterious

songs, songs telling stories whilst maintaining a veil of mystere and obfuscation as an afterthought.

This is represented by the gears of the album art, to show the mystery of how my own mind works

in all of its oddball complexities and simplicities.

 

 

Metyllisk Originals Disc IV: Lupus De Anima - 15 tracks totaling 4:06:41

 

The final disc of my album, Lupus De Anima. This album is solely comprised of the fifteen movements of my greatest piece, the eponymous Lupus De Anima. Each track, if it were played together at once, would make it not only one of the most difficult organ pieces to perform, but one of the longest in history, at an unbelievable 4 hours, 6 minutes, and 41 seconds.

 

Unfortunately, it was fraught with problems, mainly background noise. If someone would be so kind as to transcribe them to midi files, I would be extremely grateful. Nonetheless, it is just over four hours of some splendid organ music. For the last few tracks, sheet music and midi files are available on request.

 

The album art is quite an interesting, if not Kafkaesque, expression of the true meaning of Lupus De Anima. Lupus De Anima was written to express my own personal struggles with SID (Species Identity Disorder). I was never open about it, because I realize there isn't a point in telling people stuff like that, but that also means I could never get help for it. The picture shows that I feel more like I am a wolf, trapped in a empty and vapid human shell, and that my humanity is only a mask I must don for the approval of the wooden members of a cardboard world.

 

The picture shows that I feel that wolf soul inside of me (Hence why this is called Lupus De Anima, which means "Soul of the Wolf" or "Wolf of the Soul", the latter of which I prefer more), but I am stuck with this pretentious form plastered to me. Since I don't believe in telling every single person about my personal issues (I hate when people do that), I made Lupus De Anima to extensively pour out everything in my heart and soul about how I feel in this cage of a body.

 

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If you've gotten this far, the links are coming up real soon. First, I just want to tell you all of my music is completely free, and will stay so. Second, don't ever claim to someone you made this, because the album was released under a sharing policy of all rights reserved. Third, I don't care if you torrent this, pirate it, or do whatever kids do these days. It's free music, and I'm frankly happy for whatever downloads I get. Now, for links:

 

Metyllisk Originals Disc I: http://kakeithewolf....riginals-disc-i

Metyllisk Originals Disc II: http://kakeithewolf....iginals-disc-ii

Metyllisk Originals Disc III: http://kakeithewolf....ginals-disc-iii

Metyllisk Originals Disc IV: http://kakeithewolf....iginals-disc-iv

 

Thank you for supporting my music by downloading, and have a nice day!

[Viscra Maelstrom 3,718]

first things first: you may want to reconsider changing the colour of the text on your Bandcamp, so you can see what it says there without having to highlighting everything on there.

 

second, i'll take a look at this eventually. i don't have much space to store 8.9 hours of music on a external harddrive with only 3.6 gigs of space left on it.

[KakeiTheWolf 652]

Text problem should be fixed. Sorry about that. Background was a little too dark of a grey, but it's better now.

[Twiliscael 3,960]

@@KakeiTheWolf, I would really like to listen and give you some advice but I really don't have alot of time on my hands...

Would you maybe recommend a few songs you'd like me to critique? Also, damn you made ALOT of music. Respect level raised.

[KakeiTheWolf 652]

@@KakeiTheWolf, I would really like to listen and give you some advice but I really don't have alot of time on my hands...

Would you maybe recommend a few songs you'd like me to critique? Also, damn you made ALOT of music. Respect level raised.

 

I would recommend the following, as I consider them my best:

 

1. Sepolcro Tranquila. (Disc III)

2. Ghiacciato D'ali Volo. (Disc I)

3. Metyl Rayns (Disc II)

4. Hypersonic Ballad (Disc II)

5. Blizzardashed IV (Disc I)

6. Kit's Ballad (Disc II)

7. Shadow Fugue (Disc III) (Mostly because it is a blind track)

8. Tundra Ballad (Disc III)

9. Lupus De Anima XIV (DIsc IV)

10. Desperation (Disc I)

11. Infernus (Disc II)

12. Either Howling Steel track (First is one Disc I, second is on Disc II)

 

Pick any of those. Those are basically my best in a nutshell.

Edited August 20, 2012 by KakeiTheWolf