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craigb
I suppose you guys won't take any of the blame if I invade the next town over with some friends after listening to this, right? 
 

Heheh. Can't blame me, man. I'm a Canuck.
 
Now if you politely challenged them to a street hockey game or a Molson's swilling contest then I might be in trouble.
 
Thanks for checkin' it out, dood.

you have to challenge me with sword or axe if i should take it seriously.

craigb
I suppose you guys won't take any of the blame if I invade the next town over with some friends after listening to this, right? 
 

i will join you!!!

enjoyed. I was pretty much the only metalhead on the forum a few years ago, nice to see more. A great take on this tune, shows how much in common metal and classical have. The Norwegian language works so well for metal with its mix of soft and hard sounds. Guitars are excellent throughout. Drums sound good in the main although in the longer double kick patterns maybe need to alter velocity more on each kick and add in more click.
vocals are a little narrow and recessed, again that actually works in the context of this mix.
it's like Hardingrock jamming with Tyr and Vried. Veldig bra!
 

Thank you

Christian Rock?

@Jarvse... All my swords are in the shop for repairs and the only axes I own are the six string kind... although I have had to klonk a few "over enthusiastic" audience members with them back in my wilder days. lol
 
@mgh... There do seem to be a few of us. I think the Sonar flagship package is really quite good for metal (good drums, guitar sim, effects, etc) so I'm not sure why there aren't more metal hounds using it. I just needed to upgrade a couple things at first (TH2, Guitar Rig and I had to get BFD Eco back with X1 but AD2 does a good job on it's own with the right ADpaks).
 
As for the "trigger" click-kick sound I usually avoid that myself but you're right, a trigger sound would work for this style. Thanks for checking it out.
 
@soens... I'm not sure if this particular song would technically qualify but the genre is referred to as "Unblack" metal. Basically Norweigian Black metal but with X-tian lyrical content. It was a pushback against the real over the top satanic stuff that was going on in Norway a while back in the Black metal scene.
 
I'm not a religious guy myself but if the music/message is intended to uplift and spread goodwill... well that I can get behind. And with riffs like what Jarvse puts together it taps into MY version of "religion"... which is music.
 
Cheers!

I use Steven Slate drums which I think are excellent for metal. A lot of people use Sd2 as well. Although I have both guitar rig and amplitude metal more often than not ill use the free LePou amp sims with a cab from gr4. I always use Ampeg vst for the bass.
Th3 has got a lot of good press though so will be trying that out for my next (prog rock) song.

For this tune I think Jarvse used Superior Drummer for the drums and Amplitude on my dry guitar tracks (he'd have to confirm). I'd definitely like to try those out (and... well tons of the other quality goodies floating out there these days) but I'm broke and seem to do okay with what I have. Takes a bit of kernoodling though but that's good for me too for the educational value.
 
What I REALLY need is some good mastering tools. I've been wanting to snag an Izotope package for a while (Ozone and RX specifically) and I think Melda's Spectral Dynamics would be a very usefull piece of kit.
 
BFD3 and TH3 are both on my list as well. NI Komplete (which Jarvse uses) would also be an awesome addition.
 
That's all a lot of dough for an upstart like me though. Someday.
 
Cheers!

Oh and for bass I've been running my ancient Squier P-Bass through my also ancient Line6 Duoverb head. It gets a nice tone I can manage once it's in the box. From there I've done experiments with MIDI bass reenforcement. I snagged the Anderton Dim Pro EB5 bass pack which packs a mean wollop for metal and lots of other stuff.
 
Essentially I just concoct nefarious schemes with what I have on hand to get the results I want. Lots of extra work but it's quite educational.
 

Yeah. I used SD2 and Amplitube with the Thripple Ractihier amp.

Thank you guys