BBZ presents "Nergal" - Featuring Lasse (Leizer) & Danny Danzi

BBZ is Beepster, Bapu & Zargg
 
Vocals - Zargg
Guitars - Beepster
Bass, Drums & Synth - Bapu
 
Mixing & Mastering - Beepster & Bapu
 
Nergal <-Soundloud Link
(c) 2016 BBZ & L. Williamsson
 
Overture - Lasse
 
Guitar Intro - Beepster
 
Verse 1:
The power of war compels you
To do what your generals say
Truth or lie it doesn’t matter
As long as you get your way
 
Chorus:
Nergal smiles down on you
Your nation is in ruin
You march off to insanity
Why? Because you’re human
 
Solo 1 - Danny
 
Verse 2:
The riches of war compel you
To destroy all of your fellow man
In the name of God and country
You’ll do whatever you can
 
Repeat Chorus
 
Solo 2 – Beepster
Solo 3 – Danny
Solo Finale - Beepster
 
Verse 3:
The horror of war compels you
And though you don’t understand
Why you think the way you do
Nergal wil give your command
 
Repeat Chorus
Solo 4 – Beepseter
Chant: Nergal is God. God of war. War for man. Man is no more. (repeat)
Final Solo - Beepster

Hello, all. This was a very interesting and challenging international collaboration. I am quite pleased with my new(ish) partners in musical crime and hope we can put together many more sonic goodies with each other.
 
Special thanks to Lasse for his slick high end intro and Danny for his slick high end licks.
 
Hope ya'll enjoy it.
 
Peeeace!

Not my kind of music, but the drums or guitars are wonderful!  What's the goal of this production?  It's very slick.

eph221
Not my kind of music, but the drums or guitars are wonderful!  What's the goal of this production?  It's very slick.

The goal is makin' music. Nothin' more, nothin' less.
 
Thanks for checking it out!

 
 
Wow!! This was really cool  - nice!! :) 
 
 
Paul 

Fantabulous job chaps!!!

Slick with a rounded edge of smoothness.  Nice job all round chaps.

@Mooch, Herb, Slugbaby, Wookster and Dan.
 
Thanks for checking it out and the kind words fella's. :-)
 
@Lasse... Thanks again for your slick orchestral work. Top notch stuff.

Some cool shredding. Musically would have preferred it to be heavier and/or more epic, the intro orchestration continuing into the main song. Production is nice and clear with a strong bass line, I think a bit more oomph in the drums is needed though. Will be intrigued to hear more

mgh
I think a bit more oomph in the drums is needed though.

Oomph as is presence or in style/playing?

stevec
Wow... that was really cool.    Loved everything about it.  Epic, wide and rockin'.   The intro overture was a nice way to lead into the onslaught.   Oh, and the guitar solo trade-offs worked so well... for some reason they reminded me a little of Megadeth.     
 

Heh. Thanks, Steve.
 
And yeah... there is defs some Megadeth action going on there. As I think I've mentioned before I cut my teeth on old Megadeth (Rust In Peace specifically) and was going for some slippery slidy leads and "creeping" rhythm riffs/buildups. Even the solo I wrote to precede Danny's (it was originally to be played by Baps' son) was meant as a musical "layup" for the shredfest that followed.
 
Funny thing is I've always figured in these situations that I'D be Friedman in the equation. lol... NOPE. Danny's slip slidy, sooper smooth, high speed lickage got that prize.
 
I remember reading about how Mustaine just absolutely thought he was the best damned guit player that ever dun lived... until he met Marty and was utterly humbled. That's a little how I felt once Danny's parts got introduced to the mix. Of course I would not change a damned thing about that dynamic/juxtoposition. Works great.
 
And there ain't nothing wrong with being Mustaine. Well... playing like him anyway. He's kind of a knob... dog love him.
 
Cheers!
 
Oh and if Danny's reading... I owe you a PM. Just been simmering down from the project and the recent political shenanigans. Talk soon and thanks again.

Ah, nothing like some nice soft, mellow stuff to go with the morning coffee (Lovely intro faked me out) .  Seriously, guys this was monstrously good.  Beepster, Danny... Danny, Beepster... yeah, and the bass wasn't bad either .  Great job mixing too.

And the bazz player and singer are just chopped liver.
 
None the less we were happy to provide backing for the git players.
 
 

bapu
And the bazz player and singer are just chopped liver.
 
None the less we were happy to provide backing for the git players.
 

Well can't speak for anyone else (and of course I'm a little biased) but you did write and produce this from scratch and although I always lurvs your bass playing you really did some particularly awesome/dynamic work on this (thus me goin'... "I gotta get me some moar Baps in mah life").
 
As far as Ken... well AFAIK he wrote all the vocal melodies and harmonies which are cool as hell. When I first got the beds I wasn't quite sure where it would go and then I got the first set of vox and kablammo... there was the mood/feel/structure of the tune. Ken's natural voice is great too IMO.
 
So again... I might be biased but I'm a huge fan of the Z and the other B.
 
Excellent jerbs, lads and I'm very pleased we are doing this.

Happy to have been invited on this. Ed mailed me and said to really let loose on this and shred it up...so hey, who am I to complain? :)
 
Ed, thanks again for the invite. Nice job on everything...bass was solid, drums were consistent like they should be in my opinion.
 
Beeps, killer rhythm and lead playing brother!! It was a blast to virtually play along with you. Hey, no worries on the pm. I know what busy is all about. :)
 
Zargg, nice growling vocals on this. I shared a few things with Ed about cleaning a few things up, but one could look at this sort of like in the style of death metal minus the cookie monster vocals. It has its place. :)
 
Lasse, I don't know who you are, where you are or what you're about, but that intro was some seriously great stuff! The arrangement was off the hook, the mix was stellar and I was truly moved by what I heard. You have some serious skills in that department. I too would have liked to hear more of what you offered within the song itself. I think one of the problems with arrangements like that is, the instrument sound size makes our little "direct instrumentation" sound small. One has to really pay attention to detail when using those huge East/West libraries along with metal music due to how sonic our guitars become. Though it's done all the time, something has to be "slimmed down" in order for things to work. Whatever the case, great job!
 
Thanks again for inviting me on on this guys. :)
 
-Danny