Listen and Rate out of 10

[JayKeeley]

http://www.royalcarnage.com/archive/Wolves.mp3

Listen, perhaps listen again, and then rate out of 10.

Comments on the riff change at 2:46?

Thoughts overall?

 

[Krilons Resa]

My download manager is fucking up now. Figures.

What/Who is it?

 

[JayKeeley]

Try right click -> save target as? Does that help?

 

[Black Winter Day]

WTF mate!

Vocals pretty weak.
Decent, fairly standard riffing.
Drum sound annoys me.
Riff change is okay, but doesn't really go anywhere.
Pretty cool lead guitars there near the end.

I'll be nice and give it a 5.5. I thought it was pretty mediocore...

 

[Krilons Resa]

No, my Download Manager goes through that too. lol

Let me re-start and see what the problem is.

 

[General Zod]

Can't say I care much for the vocals. The production is obviously a bit rough around the edges. The riff change at 2:46 is cool, as is the turn the song takes at the 3:22 mark. Overall, it doesn't knock my socks off. Maybe a 4.

Are we going to be surprised to learn who it is?

Zod

 

[JayKeeley]

Nah, no surprise, I just want to get some thoughts on it from an 'independent' point of view. It's one of those things where if I said who it was, people might have some preconceptions before hearing it, etc.

This is a new track called "1000 Wolves" from LUDICRA.

Of course, LUDICRA is John Cobbet's side project with a bunch of other oddball musicians. And that riff change at 2:46 is exactly what makes him worth his weight in gold. Fuck me, that's good.

But of course, if you want that kinda thing, you only need to go to HoM or Slough Feg for his 'premium' stuff.

 

[Black Winter Day]

I had an inkling it might be Ludicra.

Now that you mention that it's from Cobbet...


10/10!!!! THIS RULESS!!!!! MUST BUY

Seriously, I hope that song isn't entirely representative of the band. I expected better.

 

[JayKeeley]

Seriously, I hope that song isn't entirely representative of the band. I expected better.

Nah, this whole San Fran scene is pretty incestuous. The side projects are way behind the flagship events. This is Cobbet with people from Impaled and Amber Asylum, all of which seem to do better in their 'day jobs'.

When it comes to San Fran BM, all you need is Leviathan, Weakling, Draugur, and Crebain. Although to be fair, Ludicra is not BM...

 

[Black Winter Day]

I still need to hear this Slough Feg thingy. John got me interested in it... and I didn't know till now that he was actually in the band! I thought it was just Scalzi.

 

[JayKeeley]

It is Scalzi's band, but Cobbet plays (and co-writes some songs) on "Down Among the Deadmen" onwards....

...yes, you absolutely MUST hear Slough Feg.

 

[Black Winter Day]

So why have you never mentioned them around here?????

 

[Nate The Great]

Decibel Magazine gave Ludicra and excellent review.

 

[JayKeeley]

With all honesty, I really don't think this track is that bad!

 

[NAD]

BWD, get fuckin' Twilight Among the Idols or whatever the crap it's called. RULRES.

This track... eh, it's okay. I guess. Riff is cool, vocals are shite, rest is alright. 6 or 7 /10.

EDIT: Blech nevermind, this is junk. Good recording of bad shit. 4/10 at best.

 

[MFJ]

i give it a 6.5 out of 10. Its really not too bad, but the riffs seem a tad generic to me, and the vocals are a bit ... off..

 

[Demonspell]

The riff change is definitely the best part of the song, but otherwise I wouldn't be too enthused about hearing it again, especially when there's a new HOM album in preparation...

 

[d1c1ple]

i give it a 4, vocals are not great; the guitar transition was ok

 

[JayKeeley]

Yeah, 4/10 is really friggin' harsh, haha!! To me, 4/10 territory is Madder Mortem or new Soilwork.

 

[NADs]

It is not bad. I give 6/10 to that.