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Inverted Prophecies- "Entropital Hatred" (Demo 1)

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Hey, everyone. It's been a long time coming, but this is our first full demo. Any and all input is welcomed and sincerely appreciated. Here's the Bandcamp link and the Youtube link:

 

http://invertedprophecies.bandcamp.com/album/entropital-hatred-demo-1

 

 

Edit: Sorry for the confusion on my part. I forgot that there was a "Promote your band" section in addition to the general promotions section.

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Moved to Promote Your Band Section.

 

Look, the intent and aesthetic of what you are trying to do is faultless.  The delivery here (bearing in mind this is a demo) is a fair crack but really there's a lot of inconsistent structures that mix the bad and the good.

Some of your riffs are great (if not really BM) like the start of "Uncover The Ruins" but then on "Frostbitten In The Norwegian Forest" it genuinely sounds like the acoustic is there just because the track is called what it is and we need an acoustic interlude - we don't it just doesn't fit.  Your strength seems to be the raw/necro feel so just fucking do that man, develop your songwriting skills before attempting to mix things up even just a bit.  You have a wide and varied metal palate from your postings on here so you'll get there with the atmospherics when you're ready.

Your vocalist I don't like, to be frank despite obviously trying to be necro I am reminded more of a frog with a sore throat most of the time.  The style isn't working for me but that may just be me and for others it might not be an issue.

I am harsh but honest so no apologies, keep at it and best of luck.

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7 hours ago, MacabreEternal said:

Moved to Promote Your Band Section.

 

Look, the intent and aesthetic of what you are trying to do is faultless.  The delivery here (bearing in mind this is a demo) is a fair crack but really there's a lot of inconsistent structures that mix the bad and the good.

Some of your riffs are great (if not really BM) like the start of "Uncover The Ruins" but then on "Frostbitten In The Norwegian Forest" it genuinely sounds like the acoustic is there just because the track is called what it is and we need an acoustic interlude - we don't it just doesn't fit.  Your strength seems to be the raw/necro feel so just fucking do that man, develop your songwriting skills before attempting to mix things up even just a bit.  You have a wide and varied metal palate from your postings on here so you'll get there with the atmospherics when you're ready.

Your vocalist I don't like, to be frank despite obviously trying to be necro I am reminded more of a frog with a sore throat most of the time.  The style isn't working for me but that may just be me and for others it might not be an issue.

I am harsh but honest so no apologies, keep at it and best of luck.

Thank you, Macabre. Your input is always appreciated.

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35 minutes ago, Mausoleum said:

Good start man. Highly recommend getting a real drummer. The drums sound very clean and robotic which is a contrast to the raw style. Or maybe throw some reverb on them? Anyway good luck and keep releasing stuff.

Thank you! And yes, it does contrast a bit awkwardly with the raw style, but we are hoping to incorporate real drums soon; we just don't know which one of us is going to take over those duties. And yeah, I always use a little reverb, compression and general EQ work with the programmed drum track, but that can only go so far.

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