Super fast death metal with real errthang!

[NSGUITAR]

Yo! Check it out.

These guys are called Bury The Silence. They're sweet. Tried to make this sound rather natural/analog but savage at the same time.

 

[kaomao]

there's a piece of the drumkit I don't like at all, I can't tell ya what piece in partcular it is, it sounds like a little click click you can hear in the first 10 seconds of the song, I guess a ride cymbal?
The rest is good, maybe a bit muffled guitar tone

 

[barricade]

What's up with that weird room sound @ the start? It sounds great though...!

 

[JeffTD]

These drums are real?? I'm skeptical.

 

[Uros]

Yeah, these are not real for sure. Ride is super annoying.

 

[NSGUITAR]

yes. they're all real except for kick. I think whats throwin you off is the drum verb(I'll switch it to a convolution). and the ride was spot miced and possibly compressed a bit too aggressively

 

[egan.]

TBH it doesn't sound natural or analog. This is my observation in terms of both tones-- harsh and brittle instead of warm and squishy -- and editing style (you have a choke edit in the first 12 seconds). The comp on the ride is indeed too grabby and overall I think you boosted the high highs (above the crack) on the snare too much IMO. It's not a terrible mix but it doesn't achieve the stated goal.

 

[Donovan S.]

That hi-hat doesn't sound very convincing. Neither do those tom rolls. The entire drum set doesn't sound "natural/analog" at all. The snare during the blasts isn't hit like a drummer would hit it. This is either programmed or you sample replaced heavily.

In terms of actual production:
Guitar has tons of low-mids and could get a boost in the high-mids. It's slightly muffled.
I'd say let the bass fill the low-mids a little more, and take a small amount out of those guitars.
Vocals sound nice.

I love the song!

 

[Uros]

Yeah, guitars 'should be' more defined. Vocals more upfront (imo, for this style they should be totally in yer face a la Behemoth). If these drums were recorded, I'd say that you sampled replaced them really heavily? No way I would believe they were not programmed. Maybe it's just me though

 

[NSGUITAR]

Thanks for the replies guys.


Well, not sure what to say. Drums are real. Very automated in parts though (like the blasts).

I'm keeping it as is, minus a minor change in the guitar (Low mids).

Gotta deadline and the band thinks it's amazing so that's cool.

 

[Humidfume]

Interesting riffage. Mix is a little muddy in terms of guitars and I can't really hear an in your face bass guitar either. Not bad though!

 

[Charles J]

These drums are real?? I'm skeptical.

there's just no fucking way.... seriously....

i could POSSIBLY believe they're real if you told us you edited heavily, used the REAL OH tracks and sample replaced the shells.

to tell us that everything but the KICK (which you said is sample replaced) is what the mic captured is just ludicrous....

and if this IS true, you're the best drum recording engineer in the universe.

i like your work and you seem like a cool dude, but the shit you pulled in the past always makes me skeptical of the things you 'claim'....especially recording details.

do you have pics from the drum session by chance or ANY pics of the room you use to record drums in? VERY curious!

Good work either way dude. I don't give a fuck if the drums are real, programmed, sample replaced, etc. etc... as long as it sounds good!!! =D

 

[NSGUITAR]

I'm just a nazi on the musicians I work with. I push them until they play how it should be played. I do a ton of takes of a bunch of things to make them sound as good as possible. Just some hard work, and a little automation in points, and OBVIOUSLY a couple of fixed hits in it. And note that I said the kick was the only thing that's not natural. :b :b :b

 

[AllanD]

Regardless of my doubts, I think it sounds good. I'd rape the mix with more saturation though if you're going for raw analog.

 

[Pedro Teixeira]

Sorry Nick, I can't believe that snare is real =/ UNLESS you copy pasted almost all of the hits, because I can hear QUITE clearly the same "sample" loads of times, one after the other.

The mix overall is quite muffled and I think the snare is too loud and that ride is reaalllyyy weird

 

[Joshua Wickman]

Do you do this for attention or to make people think your a great engineer? Not trying to be a dick, but i really don't understand the point of lying about these type of things. I know the cool thing is getting real live drums sounds on your own, but this is sampled front to back.

 

[crillemannen]

Hasn't he been doing this for ages now?? Claiming doing this or that when it is obvious it is not true

 

[Uros]

really tight tracking

 

[LuketheDuke]

Lol its funny how everyone criticizes "fake" or programmed drums, but when someone actually records live metal drums and edits them the way they need to be edited, they are skeptical.

Just a thought

 

[Joshua Wickman]

Lol its funny how everyone criticizes "fake" or programmed drums, but when someone actually records live metal drums and edits them the way they need to be edited, they are skeptical.

Just a thought

It would be one thing if they were actually live drums. So your statement it pointless.