My first real recording, tell me how much you guys hate it (FFO: BTBAM, Opeth, etc.)

[MikeMonacoBrah]

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I'm so excited to finally have presentable recordings to show people, let me know what you guys think please. Throw us a like and show your friends if you like it. Thanks for taking the time to read this and hopefully listen guys.

 

[Asterix]

I like it for the most part buttttttttt, the vocals are awful.
I hate to be that guy

 

[MikeMonacoBrah]

I appreciate the honesty, thank you so much for listening dude!

 

[Blasphemer]

I liked the intro alot, but past that, it wasn't for me...

 

[VILARIKA]

Fellow Long Island prog metal band, nice!

 

[MikeMonacoBrah]

thanks for the feedback guys, I appreciate the listen. VILARIKA, what band do you play in?

 

[Stealthdjentstic]

He plays in Vilarika.

 

[Fiction]

Woahh, the intro was sick and that change was pretty ..sudden. I thought the intro was awesome, I was hoping for it to stay in that style.. Also theres so much unneeded bass drum gallops(?) in there.

As said, the vocalist needs to work on clean singing a lot, his growls aren't too bad but they sound like there scarring his throat bad haha.

 

[MikeMonacoBrah]

I'll have to check out vilarika then!

and thanks for listening fiction, and thanks for so much feedback. yeah, we were intending for there to be a very sudden change in style without losing flow if that makes sense. and I can see where you're coming from with the vocals, he uses proper techniques and everything so he's not really hurting his throat bad, it sounds like that because he shoots for a more post metal type growl opposed to traditional death metal.

keep the feedback coming guys, we all really appreciate the listens and love constructive criticism more than anything.

 

[VILARIKA]

thanks for the feedback guys, I appreciate the listen. VILARIKA, what band do you play in?

Well the band disbanded a couple months ago, so I am on my own currently , but I see that one of my friends is into your music. If you guys have a show near my area, I would definetly come and check it out!

 

[Speedblooddeath]

Again, the vocals need some work, otherwise it has great potential. Thumbs Up.

 

[MikeMonacoBrah]

Well the band disbanded a couple months ago, so I am on my own currently , but I see that one of my friends is into your music. If you guys have a show near my area, I would definetly come and check it out!

rad dude! if you look on our page we post the event pages to our shows all the time, but I know right now we're playing:

December 10th at broadway bar (ammityville)
December 18th at broadway bar (ammityville)
January 1st at ethical humanist society (garden city)

and a couple more TBA in december, thanks for showing interest

Again, the vocals need some work, otherwise it has great potential. Thumbs Up.

thanks so much for the feedback man! we're putting a new song up by tomorrow night also, hopefully you guys will like that one a bit more!

 

[Scruffy1012]

Sounds good, though vocals need some work. Guitars sound great

 

[MikeMonacoBrah]

Sounds good, though vocals need some work. Guitars sound great

thanks so much for listening dude, we really appreciate the feedback a lot.

for everyone: just put another new track up! let me know what you guys think of it compared to Anonymous. it's probably the heaviest thing we've got on the EP.

 

[MikeMonacoBrah]

if anyone is interested in downloading the two songs we've got up now for free, I just put them on mediafire, feel free to download it and show anyone who you think might like it.

Cryptodira 2011 EP sampler.zip

 

[Fillifax]

I like it. However, it seems like something I would like a lot more live than on record.

I agree with some of the others: Vocalist needs practice and unnecessary pedal spam is unnecessary.

 

[MikeMonacoBrah]

thanks so much, we all really appreciate the feedback! yeah, we're getting some good reactions out of people when we play out live.

 

[brutalwizard]

i dont see a performance or hear live sound

 

[Ill-Gotten James]

I liked the intro alot, but past that, it wasn't for me...

Intro was really well mixed in my opinion, but then the song lost it's shine for my taste. Pretty good for a first recording though!

 

[JStraitiff]

What are these vocals all about? lol. They are pretty awful. Otherwise its pretty good.