Io, Priestess Impure (black/space metal)

[zenmindbeginner]

Thanks man, that means a lot! The drums I programmed all myself, didn't use any loops or pre-programmed beats. At one point in my life I used to take military snare drum lessons, and eventually taught myself how to play a drum kit too, so I'm familiar enough with how to construct a beat to be able to program stuff. I used the midi sequencer in my DAW coupled with XLN Audio's fantastic Addictive Drums drum sampler for all the samples (with some tweaking in my DAW). They turned out pretty good I think, but not as good as I would've like them...I still got a lot to learn about mixing drums lol

You did a bang up job bro! Keep up the awesome work. Drum mixing is difficult and took me years to learn and I'm still learning. lol. A lot of it hinges on expensive plug-ins applied in the multi tracking layout so each drum gets their individual treatment. In metal drums... one needs to watch that the snare doesn't become too boxy and or muddy, the kick drum has proper treble and midrange, the cymbals are chilled out and the ride and hi hat blend well with the crashes, splashes, chinas etc. and that the toms have sufficient attack and body without becoming overpowering during the fills.

Great ideas and great chops!

[CTN]

Yeah the kicks were the one area I was having the most trouble with....It's hard to get that clickiness/attack of the beater together with the thump and oomph to be nice and clear sounding in the mix.

[AdamBrad]

I'm pretty sure Mayhem's entire back catalogue sounds worse than this...

If I had to be critical I'd say the snare and the hi-hat cut through the mix a bit too much for my liking. Very well composed song though

[CTN]

I'm pretty sure Mayhem's entire back catalogue sounds worse than this...

If I had to be critical I'd say the snare and the hi-hat cut through the mix a bit too much for my liking. Very well composed song though

Lol poor Mayhem

Yeah there were some issues with the drum mix which I have subsequently fixed (haven't posted the remixed version though cuz the song didn't change and the difference in the mix is so minute)