[metal] Colours ft. Pegasyth

[EpiPony 32]

Hey guys! I recently released yet another track and am pretty proud of how it turned out. Definately my best mix thus far IMO. I'm also pretty satisfied with the riffs going on.

Check it out, if you like bands like periphery/haunted shores and intervals, you might like this! There's also a few dubstep-esque wobble sections and an Animals as Leaders-ish clean section.

 

Enjoy:

Edited April 3, 2014 by EpiPony

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,825]

It's a okay track. 

 

I'm not really getting hard metalcore feel as I was envisioning. I'm getting more of a standard metal sound. 

 

Your rhythm guitar could totally use some clean up. It's too fuzzy. The distortion needs to be brighter and NEEDS MORE BASS! (sorry, just had to)

 

I kinda felt that the dubstep sections were a little forced and injected. 

 

The piece could also use some variance, as it's repetative. 

 

The lead you've got at around 0:43 could've been a bigger solo. I was expecting it to go all out, after all it is metalcore, and metalcore has some very hard and fast guitar solos. Add some squealing harmonics, whammy bar shakes, vibrato, and anything else you can do. 

 

The drums and percussion were a bit bland. They need more flavor. Sometimes, the reptative crash cymbals overpower the rest of the instruments. 

 

The mastering also needs some work. 

 

It's a good start, but if you want it to really shine, you need to revamp it some. 

 

5.8/10

 

If you need any help with some of the stuff I discussed, you can always PM me. 

Edited April 3, 2014 by Thunder-Dash

[EpiPony 32]

It's a okay track. 

 

I'm not really getting hard metalcore feel as I was envisioning. I'm getting more of a standard metal sound. 

 

Your rhythm guitar could totally use some clean up. It's too fuzzy. The distortion needs to be brighter and NEEDS MORE BASS! (sorry, just had to)

 

I kinda felt that the dubstep sections were a little forced and injected. 

 

The piece could also use some variance, as it's repetative. 

 

The lead you've got at around 0:43 could've been a bigger solo. I was expecting it to go all out, after all it is metalcore, and metalcore has some very hard and fast guitar solos. Add some squealing harmonics, whammy bar shakes, vibrato, and anything else you can do. 

 

The drums and percussion were a bit bland. They need more flavor. Sometimes, the reptative crash cymbals overpower the rest of the instruments. 

 

The mastering also needs some work. 

 

It's a good start, but if you want it to really shine, you need to revamp it some. 

 

5.8/10

 

If you need any help with some of the stuff I discussed, you can always PM me. 

Hm yeah i guess it is more regular metal than metalcore huh. 

I've really been tweaking my rhythm tone since the beginning and i'm not really sure what you mean by fuzzy actually. I've been tightening it a lot and really been going for a tight low end and kind of a 'djent' ish sound. Maybe the distortion is a bit high though and the EQ isn't spot on completely. I'm trying to keep the bass out of the rhythm guitars to make space for the bass guitar itself, which could have been boosted a bit more. True.

And yeah me and pegasyth both aren't really great at fast playing so that wasn't really an option. Both of us have a fixed bridge as well. I've been trying to get my solos as interesting as possible, don't know about pegasyth though.

What exactly do you mean by flavour in the drums? I know the kicks could have some more 'click' and that one cymbal is pretty overpowering. Should've alternated cymbals there. I'm still working on that but could you elaborate? Do you mean like more use of toms and tricks?

About the master, i've just been working from a preset in ozone, heavily modifying it so that it really doesn't even sound close to the preset. What exactly is wrong with the master? like, too much clipping for loudness?

Anyway thanks for the (very fast) feedback, really appreciate it

Edited April 3, 2014 by EpiPony

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,825]

@@EpiPony,

 

Have you ever considered learning to tap? Tapping is a really great way nail down those solos, since both hands are on the neck of the guitar.

 

In terms of the cymbals, you had too many crashes in one of the sections. If you have two different crash cymbals, you could do a pattern like this

 

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If you have a splash and china, you could do something like this (splash represented by 3, china represented by 4)

 

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[EpiPony 32]

@@EpiPony,

 

Have you ever considered learning to tap? Tapping is a really great way nail down those solos, since both hands are on the neck of the guitar.

 

In terms of the cymbals, you had too many crashes in one of the sections. If you have two different crash cymbals, you could do a pattern like this

 

1121112111211212

 

If you have a splash and china, you could do something like this (splash represented by 3, china represented by 4)

 

112131211213134 

yeah i've been practicing tapping and sweeping quite a bit lately but i'm not yet at the point where i am confident enough about it to implement in my leads (although there is an economy-sweeped part at one point). And yeah those patterns seem pretty cool, i was thinking of implementing something like that, but i never really liked the outcome that much. By the way i use drum software so i have all cymbals i really need. The pattern I used was mainly to create some sort of a climax towards pega's lead. Could have been executed better i'm with you there haha

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,825]

@@EpiPony,

 

Hey, I could probably make some good drum patterns for you. Wanna work together on a song? 

[EpiPony 32]

@@EpiPony,

 

Hey, I could probably make some good drum patterns for you. Wanna work together on a song? 

Yeah that'd be awesome! I have some spare time anyway! My skype is GijsGro, hmu there

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,825]

@@EpiPony,

 

I don't have a skype, but we could take this through personal messaging here on the forums, or email.  

[Bon_Bon 87]

UMM.... it is okay! Not my personal favorite though!