Our own little Kenny Sorceron....

[nuclearass]

Really cool song! Excellent songwriting and arrangement. I really like your singing & screaming. Cool mix too, but at times the ride sounds a bit weird to me though... programmed?

 

[Aaron Smith]

Loving the mix James, especially that kick. Is it a Slate sample or is it something you miced up?
I can't freaking wait to find the right kick drum to buy and experiment with until I get it sounding just right...I've even got an SM91 ready to go!

 

[Waterboy]

Ken: Impressed with the product. Very cool tune. Also impressed to see somebody using the equipment from my neck of the woods. Presonus is right down the street from where I live. I love their equipment.

James: Awesome mix. Not suprising, though .... comin' from your camp! You got the midas touch, sir. Good job, and thanks for sharing with us!

Scott

 

[Djabthrash]

badass kick

 

[Djabthrash]

In the song i can clearly hear some Dimmu Borgir influence (keyboards, and some clean vocals at the end), nevermore (clean vocals at the end again), and some of the stuff reminds me of killswitch engage (some parts, the screaming vocals, the production).

Am i right about the Dimmu Borgir influence ? (especially for the keyboards)

 

[James Murphy]

Loving the mix James, especially that kick. Is it a Slate sample or is it something you miced up?

yep, got a slate kick in there.

 

[doc_backmask]

and some of the stuff reminds me of killswitch engage (some parts, the screaming vocals, the production).

I was thinking more like Soilwork or Scar Symmetry than KSE. Much more brutal and powerful than KSE has ever gotten. Not to say I don't like KSE, but the other two are just so much more.

 

[James Murphy]

i changed a few of the vox delays since i first posted the link... \m/

 

[-J-]

very interesting! super pro sounding.

I've never heard of anyone getting good results from actually holding a mic while singing/tracking, but maybe it's more common than I think. I would think every movement would be picked up like bumping the mic.

 

[MetalWorks]

Are the drums real or programmed?

Im curious too, Programmed or just cleaned up?

And whats the guitar sound consist of?

Amps? Pedals/FX? Mics? Reamped? etc...

Great sounding shit!

 

[sorceron]

In the song i can clearly hear some Dimmu Borgir influence (keyboards, and some clean vocals at the end), nevermore (clean vocals at the end again), and some of the stuff reminds me of killswitch engage (some parts, the screaming vocals, the production).

Am i right about the Dimmu Borgir influence ? (especially for the keyboards)

Maybe the orchestra part was Dimmu influenced but the piano stuff is something they would never have. I am a fan of Nevermore and KSE so I dunno maybe.

 

[KeithRT99]

what string samples did you use? they sound great - very real.

 

[sorceron]

EWQL Symphonic Orchestra Gold

 

[kaomao]

goddamn amazing
that "boom/subdrop" is huge lol
I really like that snare!
Amps used?

 

[James Murphy]

i re-amped the guitars, using my 6505+ for all 4 tracks and then reamping 2 of the tracks again with the Krankenstein... blending just a little bit of that in. pedals: TS808, ISP Decimator. mic'ed with a 57 into an ADL600.

 

[Radd]

One for Ken:

And one for James:

 

[Waterboy]

mic'ed with a 57 into an ADL600.

No shit, huh??? Wow .... too cool.
Thank you for that tid-bit, sir!

 

[kev]

When i start recording vocals, i must ask what James does to them other than having a good vocalist, cos recently they've been fucking rocking!!!

 

[Jackal_Strain]

The clean vocals remind me alot of Borknagar.

 

[JoshSylosis]

Sounds awesome guys!

...so is it not for AW?