Thanks for listening and writing Will, I appreciate it! It's quite interesting that you describe it that way, as I've hardly heard any classic punk, and so I personally cannot elaborate on that. I do enjoy old school thrash, which as I understand it came from the hardcore punk arena, so maybe there is some connection there. Similarly, I also once in a while listen to some metalcore and alternative metal, which both despite containing the term "metal" may not be actual metal according to a lot of people. But yes, Hypocrite to my ear is like a grungy, metal-rock fusion, as opposed to squarely being only metal itself in an exact genre. I should remark that my songs form a spectrum like this, of varying degrees from pop to rock to hard rock to metal. All the listed songs are metal in at least one sense, not necessarily the exclusive absolute sense. It would be an interesting exercise to try to conform to a specific genre though, without being totally derivative or unoriginal! Also regarding performance and technique on shredding session, you are correct - that was an improvised and complete take, the first of its kind. But as of late I've been focused on trying to rerecord takes to refine the messier aspects. I've been doing that on vocals, but guitar is a good idea as well.
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