Lovely, listening to this was a true Doom meets Pendulum experience. The execution is near perfect, i did wish some guitar riffs had a bit more presence, i feel there was too much of everything, so the song never lets you rest to much, its full of information but some didn't get the required spotlight in my view. But really an amazing job, the mix itself is WOW, and the volume you got with no clear loss in dynamics is wonderfull. For the composition I think it lacked a bit,I personally think there is something missing between the middle calmer part and the ending, and sorry for the honesty in this next regard, but a few elements felt like Doom rip off, instead of Doom inspired. But still a great track, even gave it a like in Soundcloud to save to listen once in a while, but the production was so good, I'd like to feel it was more you in the composition.
Terrific job! Take care :)
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Heya muttzilla, thank you for your comments! I started thinking about what you said, rip-off vs inspiration, and I think theres truth in that. My goal wasn't really to evolve the DOOM sound with my own flair or ideas - my goal was to make a DOOM track from scratch with a simple guitar riff I could perform (and all the producing work that goes into it) to learn how they're mixed and mastered. Maybe I shouldn't have used inspired? Maybe "study" or something similar.
I moreso am dissapointed that I appear to have made, for your tastes, a boring-composition DOOM track where there's also too much happening. Sorry about that! I'm bummed that it affected your enjoyment and didn't meet your hopes.
As for guitar presence, I think I put too much bass and sub in this mix - had I done an additional eq session on the final master this is probably what I would reduce just a tad, because the track's loudness and punch might be getting pulled due to excessive subs and that leaves the mids and highs used in the guitar with less loudness to work with.
Thanks again! I appreciate your insight!
Hey bro, I don't think I got my point across properly! I didn't find it boring in the slightest - I literally came back to it multiple times, which says it all really.
To be clear: the mix set the bar so high that this is now the standard I'm measuring everything else against. Simply amazing work on that front.
On composition - I never said it was bad or unpleasant to listen to. There are some structural choices I think could elevate it further, and a few details that felt more like direct DOOM references than your own take on it. Like around the 1 min mark, that synth design and motif - the song didn't need it, you could have used the guitar to get the same emotion or even better, it took a bit of my immersion in the song.
Even if you want it to make an ode to DOOM with that specific instrument / timbre you could picked a further placement in the song.
That's what I mean, small details, not the song as a whole. I actually think production wise you caught the feeling of Mick without copycatting, which I believe to be extremely hard.
And honestly? With production this good, the composition deserves to match that level. The structure is solid, but I'd easily sit through an 8 min version if you added another wave of sonic explosions before the finish. Composition improvements and high listenability aren't mutually exclusive - and the listenability here is already very high.
That said one of my favorites this jam, amazing track and still has potencial for growth. Take care :)