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first time writing anything with a more black metal-ish sound. those familiar with Camlann will hear a few similarities, but im trying to distance myself from that sound now to do something a bit more... mature? something not so basic, i guess.

keep in mind: i didnt spend long mixing this, so its not perfect sounding. i'll go back and mix it properly later.

For the first minute or so, I was really unimpressed--it just sounded generic...nothing special--but I decided to be fair and give it a full listen. The part that comes in at 1:36 immediately reminded me of Agalloch (which is good), but when that riff came in in full, it lost a little bit of luster. The part that comes after it again just sounded kind of boring. The riff that comes in at 3:18 was good and a nice change of pace, but then you keep playing the same thing over and over again, it'd be nice if the drums changed to like a thrash beat @ 3:29. The change afterward to fast double bass is a very good transition, but the riff over it is very "meh". The transition @ 4:09 is very abrupt and detracts from the awesomeness of that section. I really like the dual leads with the acoustic guitar. Actually I REALLY like this part, haha. There's one note in the lead at about 5:06 that just sounds bad though. It doesn't fit into the scale. The transition back into the faster, heavier works.

You've got some good ideas--there were some parts I really liked--but the song as a whole still needs some work. I hope my post helped.

The opening riff is pretty cool, but I think it would be even better if you re-worked it slightly. Keep the speed the same, but slow down the note changes. The second riff, I'd leave as it is. The folkish riff (around 0:57? the bar stopped moving so I'm not sure where it was) is great. The part with the acoustic was very well done and worth mentioning.

The mixing could use a bit of work, but as you said it's not done, I'd like to hear the finalized version. The part with the flute seems a bit clustered, in that there are 2 loud instruments- one should be a bit buried, I think.

Will be great with vocals.

everything has been noted! i'll spend a bit today tinkering around with it again. some parts are a tad boring because i intend to lay vocals over it eventually and i tend to write stuff that fills up space FAST, so i keep everything on the long side.

once i get Superior 2.0, i'll re-record it and see if its any better. i hate how EzDrummer switches from blasts to double bass. it feels like it skips a beat or something and its really distracting.

I really enjoyed that, I liked the flute part quite a lot.

I'm sure it will sound great with vocals. The acoustic guitar work was very well played too.

It was okay. The Suidakra influence is pretty evident. There is some fat that can be trimmed, especially in the beginning. I had trouble pushing through to the 2:00 mark when it started to get interesting.

That ruled! I didn't like the blast beats (I hate blast beats), but the guitar work was very solid.

Maybe you could work at introducing the different sections faster. The opening riff in particular sounds like it was repeated far too much.

Why?

They sound too monotonous and static to me. Good drumming needs to groove.