damn dude! that's some intense riffage!

if it makes your drummer feel any better, i didn't her any fuck ups... maybe he hit them a bit too hard, but i wouldn't have noticed unless you hadn't told me in the description.

may i ask the gear you are using?

ESP guitars and basses, Mapex customized drums. Reaper DAW for recording, and Ernie Ball Super-Slinky strings all around.

ah, ESP users are you? as for stings i personally use Hybrids.

i'm just a guitar geek XD, would you mind telling me your model?

I don't know Dave's model, cuz I R dumb, but my bass is an ESP Viper 104

lol XD.
ah the Viper, i like that shape a fair bit, never buy one though as i don't like the 24 3/4 inch scale, i must prefer the fender 25 1/2 inch
now if they did one with a 25 1/2 inch i'd be very interested.

To be honest, it was on sale, had active EQ, and wasn't falling apart like my old Squire P-Bass. Lolololololollolol *farts*

ah lol, personally i don't care for EQ or things like that, just give me a volume control and a bridge position humbucker

I get it. This one has two; one at the bridge, and one further up.

*nods* i've seen the Viper 104, is it in red or black?

Black.

I think I heard the influence of nwobhm bands in there, but slightly darker. Maybe that's just how I'm interpreting it at this early stage..anyway, it sounded great for an early demo of your idea.

We're basically a mix of late 70's and early 80's so far as metal is concerned, with touches of industrial and goth (for keys and ambiance mostly, which hasn't really come into play with what you've heard so far), plus a helping of 90's hardcore (particularly the NYC variety). This puts some of our riffs right around the sound of the original metal bands that inspired the later "doom" sound (sometimes these bands are referred to as "proto-metal" because they were precursors to bands that actually identified as heavy metal). Of course, there's more recent music that inspires us too, and I'll name-drop stuff like Katatonia, Opeth, Type O Negative, Life of Agony, Only living Witness, and Poets of the Fall, but the rest is up to you to figure out.

Hardcore punk and metal are closely linked, unlike this new metalcore, resembling nothing from either.

Well, early metalcore stole a lot from the Gothenburg scene, added rhythmic chugging and hardcore-style breakdowns, but newer metalcore kept the latter ingredients and replaced the former with (poorly executed) electronics, auto-tune vocals, and elements of post-punk or emocore; the results of this mixing have left a music form that is only "metal" by virtue of the guitar tone alone. Admittedly, some of it can be good, but most of it is just heavy pop music to me.

Pop music isn't really a genre, just mindless conformity. Metalcore is just a passing trend I think, that will eventually be a thing of the past.
Anyway, your demo is great. How did you write it?

Dave did most of the writing on this one, I just helped arrange it. School and work kinda made it impossible to really be involved with the band much these past few weeks.

i know how that feels. xD
what inspires you as a band, then?

Ermagerd. Lots of stuff.

*Doesn't know where to begin*

sure ok. i might be uploading some more rubbish soon actually myself. :3

damn! sorry, that doesnt sound how i meant it to, im so sorry. your music isnt rubbish, quite the opposite.

lol, no worries, you're cool. I don't bite that easy. Well, okay, I do actually.

Phew. I read through it and it sounded insulting. D:

I immediately had to think about "Metallica" with "Enter Sandman", hehehe... so this is more or less the "CLASSIC METAL" genre, if I would have to name it.
BUT I also thought about something like a "Stage Select" song, ya know? I can imagine a screen (just like from "DUKE NUKEM"), where you have to select the level or any options. It could also work as "Select your character" song, when we have the fighting game genre.

Yes, it is repetitive... indeed, but that is not bad, at all! Like I said, it would be ideal for some "Selection Screen" or "Title Screen Into" for any cool game! ^___^

Though it is repetitive, it is NO "chaotic"! I can recodnize a pattern here and THIS IS GOOD!
You know I was suggesting you to work with some simpler patterns and doing a loop from these. And you did!! So, +point for you! :3

Also, the style and voices are WELL played - no mistake in volume, tempo or style. All instruments work together AND NOT AGAINST each other!!! Also the mixing is MUCH BETTER now!

So, this here is a great example of a practising a repetitive theme... and I can even hear two themes, at least.
Both cues are not really "mind blowing" - but that is not neccessary. It is a GREAT practise and for the first time, you and your band have added some SUBSTANCE to your song.
Substance and pattern. Structure!!
:)

Thanks! You words are very kind indeed!

This one is meant to have a more "classic" feel to it. We still have some more complex pieces and even some softer things coming out eventually, but this is the skeleton of a more mid-tempo song and not much like the slower "doom metal" that is our usual stock and trade.

I really like the riffs in this one. The whole song is pretty catchy. :)

Thanks a lot dude! I just can't wait until we have some finished product to share, as everything we've done so far is a rough outline, rhythm track or wordless demo or rehearsal. When we get to that point, we'll make the appropriate bandcamp pages etc., so people will have somewhere to go for our music other than Youtube or FA. Also, I gotta ask, have you heard of the drummer Sal Abruscato? I swear I think of that guy every time I see your user name.

I haven't, haha. We do share a first name, though his last name is way cooler. :P
Let me know when that bandcamp thing is set up and i'll check it out

Yeah, Sal's the original drummer for Type O Negative, then moved to Life of Agony, then Stereomud, and became a go-to-guy for tons of other bands ever since, like a session guy (similar to Josh Freese but more metal-specific). Once we have completed songs, we'll have a page up. ^..^

Pretty damn tight, dude!

Thanks! If you like that, there is more to come. We're going to be laying down vocals for several songs soon.

sounds great to me.

Thanks! If you like it, just wait until we finish it with vocals and a solo. Everything I'm uploading is still very rough at the moment, and represents unfinished versions of future songs.

Amazing Riffs, Sweet work!

Thanks dude! Although this has some serious mistakes in it.