tips on melodo metal

[arsenic_kills]

hey i am starting an american melodic deathmetal band and was wondering if there any tips as to tunning and structure i could get from you all????

 

[Kate Bush Rules!]

Avoid excessive use of Iron Maiden-isms (Arch Enemy).

 

[x_OPETH_x]

umm....my main peeve with american metal is that everyone plays their lowest open note through the entire song...it makes the songs sound all the same (kinda like alot of thrash metal)....other than that, i would recommend playing in B standard (room to breathe)....what are the band's influences?

 

[Judas Pissed]

Yeah, don't play every single riff based around the lowest open string. Heapsa bands do that for the whole album and it's incredibly boring.

 

[Scourge of Malice]

D or C... use some of that gothenberg style riffing (like DT - Dreamlore Degenerate and IF - Dead god in me) Use a lot of harmonies, play fast, have some awesome interludes

 

[Static]

You must include acoustic sections.

 

[Judas Pissed]

Variety variety

 

[Scourge of Malice]

yeah, acoustic/clean interludes/sections are vital IMO

 

[CladInDarkness]

Pick a different genre. American Melodic Death Metal = really bad hardcore.....Oh yeah all hardcore is bad. But yeah don't do melodic death, it has gotten so god damn generic and over played it is pathetic. That's my tip. Just don't do the standard shit, create your own style, and don't limit it to a bad In Flames rip off. Incorporate as many styles as you can, and if it sounds bad, weird, different, odd......Then it is probably better, as long as you're not doing that on purpose. Then it just gets to be too much.