Just released my first solo album!! Feedback needed :) 8 string progressive metal!

[AustinShafer]

Hey guys hope you are doing well I just want to get my music out there! Let me know if you dig it!! you can listen to it on bandcamp (link below) or here is the full album here:

 

[Rocky]

The production is great!! What program did you use for drums? They sound pretty organic. Loving the guitar tone.

 

[AustinShafer]

Thanks so much brotha!! The drums are actually just superior drummer but I played a lot of the songs on an electric kit so they may sound more real also the tone is an axe fx ultra!

 

[ApteraBassist]

to me the piano in the first song shouldn't be more loud than the solo around 3 mins, but so far pretty cool sounding

 

[ApteraBassist]

loving the tone for the second song. sounds like a single coil or something

 

[JEngelking]

Just started listening and am currently still on the first song, but this sounds sick so far. Repeating lead like at 2:29 sounds very Veil of Maya to me, and I'm a Veil fan so me gusta.

 

[JEngelking]

Finished listening. That was badass stuff dude. My favorites were Perfect Storm, Item Nine, and Reborn. Awesome, awesome work.

Who are you influences?

 

[AustinShafer]

Sick! I hope people are enjoying it I have too many influences all across the board. I would say slash, randy rhoads, chris oliva, dimebag, glenn tipton and so many others had big impacts on my style! I have gone through a lot of phases with classical, blues, thrash, groove metal, and reggae.

 

[Gnome7]

Interesting stuff man.

 

[AustinShafer]

Plz share this if you can!!! Also the Youtube stream is pretty low quality it sounds much better on bandcamp.

 

[HRC51]

For all the other crap on the internet, it's such a great way to find new/cool music.

Sounds good - thanks for sharing.