The DLA "scene": users' own compositions

[Necrosopher]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXbgYR170tQ&feature=relmfu

This was a week and a bit ago.  Enjoy!

This is good. You have a nice voice. A pleasant surprise from someone so asinine who posts on a death metal forum.

[Mason]

Gonna repost this in hopes of it getting noticed

I call it a demo because it has no vocals, a drum machine and all the guitar parts were recorded with a pitch-shifted bass. Hugely influenced by Transilvanian Hunger although I didn't really notice that until after I had recorded it all.

I've posted this on a few other forums but I wanna hear any harsh criticism or thoughts from this site because this is where I found most of the music I listen to nowadays, cheers

http://thedeadhills.bandcamp.com/album/dead-hills

[Forza Romana]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhGH-JaU6hw

A new Pagan Fire Version....

[Nightspirit]

I saw a DLA member uploaded some Monasticism songs on youtube. I love when I can get around to working on this, but I rarely have time. All these songs are recorded on $0 budget, and began as an experiment in something between oldschool death metal, industrial, gothic and doom metal. I'd really like to get around to making more of this one day.

Monasticism "Burial Exoneration" demo 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iRCRCz3ipQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yORGKCPEZY

[Jim Necroslaughter]

Gonna repost this in hopes of it getting noticed

I call it a demo because it has no vocals, a drum machine and all the guitar parts were recorded with a pitch-shifted bass. Hugely influenced by Transilvanian Hunger although I didn't really notice that until after I had recorded it all.

I've posted this on a few other forums but I wanna hear any harsh criticism or thoughts from this site because this is where I found most of the music I listen to nowadays, cheers

http://thedeadhills.bandcamp.com/album/dead-hills

Listening now.  Will report back later.

[Nightspirit]

Gonna repost this in hopes of it getting noticed

I call it a demo because it has no vocals, a drum machine and all the guitar parts were recorded with a pitch-shifted bass. Hugely influenced by Transilvanian Hunger although I didn't really notice that until after I had recorded it all.

I've posted this on a few other forums but I wanna hear any harsh criticism or thoughts from this site because this is where I found most of the music I listen to nowadays, cheers

http://thedeadhills.bandcamp.com/album/dead-hills

Listening now.  Will report back later.

I want to add vocals to that so badly, or hear it with vocals from the artist. Drum machine or not this is unbelievably good stuff. I'll be keeping my eye out for this band.

[Mason]

I want to add vocals to that so badly, or hear it with vocals from the artist. Drum machine or not this is unbelievably good stuff. I'll be keeping my eye out for this band.

yeah thanks man, i recorded a track with vocals here if you want to hear them http://soundcloud.com/dead-hills/leaves-of-ash

[Nightspirit]

I want to add vocals to that so badly, or hear it with vocals from the artist. Drum machine or not this is unbelievably good stuff. I'll be keeping my eye out for this band.

yeah thanks man, i recorded a track with vocals here if you want to hear them http://soundcloud.com/dead-hills/leaves-of-ash

If I had the right funding, I'd release your stuff without hesitation. The only thing I'd change is the drum dub itself. When the measure loops sometimes you can hear the transfer, but really it's pretty forgivable with everything else going on. Long live the screamcry!

[Mason]

I want to add vocals to that so badly, or hear it with vocals from the artist. Drum machine or not this is unbelievably good stuff. I'll be keeping my eye out for this band.

yeah thanks man, i recorded a track with vocals here if you want to hear them http://soundcloud.com/dead-hills/leaves-of-ash

If I had the right funding, I'd release your stuff without hesitation. The only thing I'd change is the drum dub itself. When the measure loops sometimes you can hear the transfer, but really it's pretty forgivable with everything else going on. Long live the screamcry!

actually that's the guitar looping haha, it's all copy pasted because i was still figuring out the structure of it

[Humanicide]

I want to add vocals to that so badly, or hear it with vocals from the artist. Drum machine or not this is unbelievably good stuff. I'll be keeping my eye out for this band.

yeah thanks man, i recorded a track with vocals here if you want to hear them http://soundcloud.com/dead-hills/leaves-of-ash

Sir, this is pretty good. To me it sounds like a fusion of some Burzum technique mixed with the harmonies of Intestine Baalism or Obsequiae. An interesting sound, though I will admit that some of the brighter sounding melodies sound strange with the tortured vocals. My only tips would be to vary up the tempo a bit more and maybe play around with more interlocking melodies. You've got some potential here, keep it up. 84/100.

[Jim Necroslaughter]

Gonna repost this in hopes of it getting noticed

I call it a demo because it has no vocals, a drum machine and all the guitar parts were recorded with a pitch-shifted bass. Hugely influenced by Transilvanian Hunger although I didn't really notice that until after I had recorded it all.

I've posted this on a few other forums but I wanna hear any harsh criticism or thoughts from this site because this is where I found most of the music I listen to nowadays, cheers

http://thedeadhills.bandcamp.com/album/dead-hills

I hear the Transilvanian Hunger and some Burzum but I think it's subtle enough, so good on that.  A few riffs even reminded of Abhor of Italy.  I would say what you have here is above average and above competent.  Commendations on an album's worth of music too.  I think I might be able to give more feedback after more listens, but for now I would say with Humanicide, this is in the 80 - 84/100 range.  I think there is some fat to trim here and there.  Because I'm listening to it myself, I'll say listen to something like Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism and see how they make every riff and every transition count.  I think your music is best when it's more on the urgent side, and some of the "lull" parts worked but some were maybe unnecessary or out of place.  And I think track 2 is your best track and track 6 was also one of the better ones.  There were definitely some great moments and great riffs throughout.

[Mason]

Thanks for the replies. Yeah I'll admit, most of the songs I write are generally written in a really short burst within a few hours, and very VERY little thought goes into the structuring. Some of it, I think, turns out really well in the structure but yeah as you said, a few songs need variation and 'bad parts' trimmed off which I feel like I did with the songs on my bandcamp but definitely not that song with the vocals. Anyway, thanks again for the comments, I really appreciate it

[Forza Romana]

Great job, Mason! The guitar work is awesome and very enjoyable as well!

[Mason]

Well I've gone and finished a song if anyone wants to hear

http://soundcloud.com/dead-hills/leaves-of-ash-v3-probably

[Blaphbee]

Well I've gone and finished a song if anyone wants to hear

http://soundcloud.com/dead-hills/leaves-of-ash-v3-probably

This is pretty blatant in it's Burzum (read: Det Som En Gang Var from Hvis Lyset Tar Oss) thievery, as well as a few helpings of of some 0peth progressions here and there in the first five minutes. As such, even though my opinion means nothing to anyone still using this site, I'd avoid this like the plague. The entire structure of the song is borrowed from the song I referenced previously, and quite frankly, you've already all heard this before.

That said, speaking for the riffs themselves, there are definitely some great ideas being unearthed here. Get yourself a drummer, change the vocal style to operatic or something at least discernable, and start exploring more of what you began at 10:21.