Will

Before you said "things can't be known", now it's "things shouldn't be measured". And no why to either. Where? By Who? Neat. Wouldn't these things be good? Dramatic. Irrelevant.

That sounds really cool, makes me think I need to spend more time on tone. Especially with bass.

I'm going to regret this. Damn my curiosity. What makes you say that? Explain to me exactly how an online survey on emotions and relationships can be used to block the free flow of information and how what OP is observing is a mirage.

Oh, cool. Make sure to tell us about it.

Pretty cool, I bet you're awesome live. The solo guitar was mixed a little weird to my ear.

Six pedals? Reverb aside, I don't think I usually use anything on bass. I think the most I've ever used for anything is about 4. I kinda need to know what the pedals are now. Hey, @deathstorm, have you been to your concert yet? If so, who played and how was it? Sorry to hear man, but as @Requiem said, you have the right attitude. Did you at least get to do something worth getting fired for?

Nope. Be sure to report back if you do.

I finally got around to checking out DragonLord. I regret getting around to checking out DragonLord.

That makes sense. I would have said you're fine as is but I guess you're going for a much higher standard than what I'm used to. Good luck.

Sounds interesting, I'm looking forward to hearing it.

Thanks. What kind of stuff do they play?

Neat. I really like the screams. Why are you calling this a demo? The production sounds pretty great to me, why not just call it a single?

The lead guitarist and drummer dropped out of one of our local metal bands, my brother and I are in the process of setting up auditions as replacements.

Pretty much what you'd expect. Classic songs with their more modern tone. As a result, the songs are a little heavier sounding and groovier and Chuck's voice is more gravely and less cheesy. Everything is a little tighter as would be expected. Zetro's clean stuff on his songs come off a little weak but his screamed stuff is awesome. Mortician: Re-Animated Dead Flesh

Testament: First Strike Still Deadly

The Archspire/Psycroptic/Hadal Maw/Primitive Show was awesome. My brother and I were the only ones who bought tickets through the Primitive bandcamp, causing us to win the CD and shirt that were available as random prizes to people who bought tickets through them.

If he speaks too fast for you, slow it down. I think YouTube has a handy function that lets you do that these days.

Do you speak the language sung in the song? If so type a line or two of lyrics into the Google search bar.

3.5/10 Too many groove riffs and breakdowns.

Still good to know there's somewhere you can play when you manage to scrape together some band members.

Archspire: Relentless Mutation Black Sabbath: Paranoid

I'm going to see a local pro wrestling thing (PCW) with my brother this weekend. Should be interesting.

Not the kind of thing I'd go hunting for but the songwriting is solid and the arrangement is interesting. Your playing is solid on all instruments (I like the screams). The clean singing sounds like it could be a little off note at some points maybe use a slight a slight autotune. Alternatively, your vocals may just be mixed weird or something. How are you getting your guitar tone? It sounds really bassy and muddy (which makes your breakdowns sound great but can mess with your overall sound and make the guitars difficult to hear for a lot of the song). It's also kinda noisy at times but I'm not sure if that's what your going for or not. If you wanted to clear it up, try less distortion and maybe tying a sock or something around the low end of the guitar neck to play the lead parts. I'd probably recommend a midsyer EQ, a high pass filter and a more mids heavy distortion pedal (like overdrive rather than fuzz or something). I'd probably also consider trying to better mix in the other side panned elements with the guitar as sometimes they get kinda squished when the guitar enters. I really like some of the riffs and some of them are a little generic, but I think that's fine for the sound your going for. It seems like most of your problems are production related. As it seems like to me you're going for a style that needs to sound pretty shiny. There was another guy on the forum advertising a mixing/mastering service Maybe shoot him an email (I have no idea how experienced he is, or if he wants money or practice).

Phthisis: s/t (any of the dissonant metal guys here checked this one out?) Hadal Maw: Charlatan

Welcome. I like a lot of similar stuff, especially old school and techy death metal. Is there much of a scene in New Zealand?