A Dad involved with his son's music is a very wonderful thing.  I remember when my parents saw us for the first time.  Nugent was our lead player and we were very popular (1966).  My parents said that it sounded like a bunch of noise.  No offense they said but maybe you could get a haircut and play in one of those polka or lounge bands.  I was 18!  WHAT IS THIS STORY ABOUT?  Well, I have a friend who is Sacred Reich and we saw the warmup band for him a year or so ago.  They hit the first note and I felt like someone kicked me in the gut.  I love that!   The singing was screaming for those guys.  I loved the music but couldn't stand the vocals.  I thought he was hurting himself.  It sounded like a bunch of noise.  LOL.  Sound familiar? These kids can play and an old guy like me is not their target audience.  They should play what they want and they will evolve.  They might evolve into a big scream metal band.  You never know.  Best of luck to them and kudos to you for helping and being involved!

 
 +1 for what Warren said. I'm an old metal head myself and one thing that I never liked was the growling vocals. I remember when some of my friends tried getting me into it. when I was in my last metal band when bands like "Death" and "Cannibal Corpse" was first on the scene, I remember myself stating confidently that type of vocal will never catch on...that was almost 2 decades ago and we have a new generation of lads listening to, playing and loving it. There are even female growlers

 As for this piece, IMO a well crafted piece, I particularly liked the clean vocals and melody there. Instruments were well played. Production sounds OK, but a bit like it was done with someone playing with our old rule book. I have no idea how they get the instruments to sound so huge in that stuff so that's about the all I'm qualified to comment on about the mix.  Very cool a father doing that for his son though

Yeah, I really enjoyed the big sound although the guitars sounded a little pitchy on the low end from time to time, nature of the 7 string beast I guess. Great playing, and the singer sounded really good, the growler sounded...well, good and growly. I am not into the growler vocal stuff either, but I can still enjoy the music part. That's how I approach a lot of rap too. There's great music under the vocal / ego tracks.

Well, the music's not for me, but I did smile at how naturally these kids write, play, record, film themselves, post vids, get the stuff up on FB etc..what a great time they're growing up in. I hadn't even started playing guitar at their age, and when I did, it was just a cheapo acoustic with only 4 strings. 

Warren, I appreciate the story and your encouragement. But are you talking about Ted Nugent, or are you just pulling my leg. Anyway, thanks for listening.

Voda, I appreciate the listen, and getting past the screaming. I hear them practice every Saturday, not to mention recording them, so I think I've grown almost numb to it.

Jamesg, thanks to you as well. They are in a whole different music and band promotion world than when I was growing up, that's for sure. 

Hey guys its Zach here (lead vocals) just wanted to say thanks for all the feed back and we have grown a lot since this song. My vocals weren't that great and i didnt really know what i was doing. But i learned and learned and i figured out how to use my diaphragm instead of my throat so no broken vocal chords for me! ;) anyway if you are interested in hearing our new stuff go to reverbnation.com and search "Among Fallen Kings" we have up a sophomore attempt at making music with "Names Forsaken" vocals (clean and unclean) are both improved and the mix is better. We will be releasing another song shortly which outranks both of our already released songs. We have grown a ton and i would appreciate more followers!
Thanks! - Zach :)

Not my genre, but like Warren, I think getting involved with your son is a good thing. A better thing is the direction you point him.
 
Peace and Blessings, John

I like the idea that some kids are going for it.
 
Go for it.
 
The production is solid and the display of imagination suggests that the guys aren't just solid players but they also have some creativity driving their ambition.
 
My Dad used to say; "what ever you do try to do a good job." I think these guys hit the mark.
 
best regards,
mike

My son is in Impaled (a San Francisco based Death Metal band) and so I can say the production is spot on.

Thanks for everything guys! we put a lot of effort into our music and production