Hey guys,
I finally got the 'ok' to post this one: Some Middle-Eastern tinged, Violin enhanced Canadian Power Metal. The track is called "Infidel." Lyrically, it tackles a pretty difficult subject... musically, it was definitely a group effort.... written around a riff the bass player came up with while drunk. Things get real interesting at about the 3 minute mark, when the song segues into this really wild vocal call & answer bit. Betrayer's vocalist, Jeff Klingbeil makes a guest appearance as the foil to the song's narrative. By the end of the buildup, I think we had something like 12-16 vocal tracks going on. Pretty intense stuff.
Violins were played by Stu "Fingerbang" Kennedy, and the melody line for them was written by me... ...completely by accident! I was driving around with a rough mix in my CD player and found myself humming the notes as a counterpoint to the main riff. Originally, I cooked up some violins via softsynth. Upon playback the band asked if I wanted to record a real violinist instead. "Fuck yeah!" was my reply & off we went.
I always love working with violins. I never get to do it much & it can be a challenge from an engineering perspective not to tear the listener's ears off with too much hi-frequency buildup.
BTW, If you're expecting a death metal mix, you'll be disappointed. This has a very deliberate old-school sound to it.
Anyway, as always, comments & questions are appreciated. The song is the first track on my hi-res mp3 player, located on either of these pages:
http://www.myspace.com/spectresound
http://www.spectresound.ca/recordings.shtml
I finally got the 'ok' to post this one: Some Middle-Eastern tinged, Violin enhanced Canadian Power Metal. The track is called "Infidel." Lyrically, it tackles a pretty difficult subject... musically, it was definitely a group effort.... written around a riff the bass player came up with while drunk. Things get real interesting at about the 3 minute mark, when the song segues into this really wild vocal call & answer bit. Betrayer's vocalist, Jeff Klingbeil makes a guest appearance as the foil to the song's narrative. By the end of the buildup, I think we had something like 12-16 vocal tracks going on. Pretty intense stuff.
Violins were played by Stu "Fingerbang" Kennedy, and the melody line for them was written by me... ...completely by accident! I was driving around with a rough mix in my CD player and found myself humming the notes as a counterpoint to the main riff. Originally, I cooked up some violins via softsynth. Upon playback the band asked if I wanted to record a real violinist instead. "Fuck yeah!" was my reply & off we went.
I always love working with violins. I never get to do it much & it can be a challenge from an engineering perspective not to tear the listener's ears off with too much hi-frequency buildup.
BTW, If you're expecting a death metal mix, you'll be disappointed. This has a very deliberate old-school sound to it.
Anyway, as always, comments & questions are appreciated. The song is the first track on my hi-res mp3 player, located on either of these pages:
http://www.myspace.com/spectresound
http://www.spectresound.ca/recordings.shtml