Oh, Fall: new, season-inspired metal song

Robrecht · Oct 13th 2014

Here's something I'm working on. It's still very fresh so I may end up changing a lot (I'll probably add a guitar solo somewhere). I used Lasse Lammert's Mean Bastard profile.

I'm trying a different approach to songwriting that is much more song-oriented: instead of starting with a bunch of riffs, I came up with the lyrics and the vocal melody first, then built the rest around it. Hope you folks like it!

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paults · Oct 14th 2014

Its good to mix up songwriting approaches - you never know what might come out

Your lyrics and melody remind me of the very first kind of heavy metal - bands like Uriah Heep, Black Sabbath, etc. The modern guitar tones and playing style bring it all up to date. The stop and the bridge worked well, too.

Good job

Hannes_ITS · Oct 15th 2014

There are some cool as hell riffs in there!

Robrecht · Oct 15th 2014

Thanks.

Yeah, I like those fast riffs, it's been a while since I've done such a thing.

Lasse Lammert's profiles were the fist I used extensively for a while after I got my Kemper, but in our live/rehearsal band setting they sounded a bit too weak and thin, so I soon turned to other rigs. With this song, however, I was struggling to get those fast notes in the chorus riff (the one that opens the song) to sound articulated enough in the mix, and that made me go back to the Lasse Lammert pack, which really shines with stuff like this.

Funny thing is, at that point I still had to find a fast 4/4 riff for the middle part, and playing with that punchy Mean Bastard profile really made it turn out the way it did.

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