u/Key_Firefighter_1707

A woman tries to save a vampire before there's nothing left to save. This is The Death of Kindness; part of an ongoing gothic metal concept album told through AI music videos. Since the same characters appear across multiple songs, I've been putting a lot of effort into keeping them visually consistent from video to video.

I'd especially appreciate feedback on the character consistency and whether the story comes through clearly to someone seeing it for the first time.

I’ve been building a connected gothic horror / dark fantasy music-video series based on my Bloodstained Dreams story world, and this new one is where I feel like the AI video side finally started clicking.

The song is Daughter of Ruin, centered on Eisheth Zenunim, once adored, then condemned, now returning not as a savior but as something much darker.

I focused hard on character consistency, ritual imagery, and making the visuals support the emotional story instead of just looking cool. Still learning, but this one feels like a turning point.

Would love feedback on the visuals, pacing, and whether the story comes through.

Five years ago, the world ended.

No trumpets.
No fire.
No judgment.

The Antichrist took one look at humanity and walked away.

Left Behind in Hell is a brutal death metal track built around the idea that Hell isn't a place you go. It's the world we created after the end came and nobody noticed.

This is the second chapter in my Echoes of a Dying World series.

Lyrics and vocals by me. Additional instrumentation, orchestration, and production were completed with Suno.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on the concept, music, or video.

I'm looking for a female vocalist who can perform both clean vocals and harsh vocals for an established dark metal project.

I've been releasing original music weekly for the past nine months and have built an ongoing project centered around original stories, recurring characters, and cinematic music videos. The project currently includes a released album on streaming platforms, nearly 800 YouTube subscribers, and multiple collaborations with human vocalists.

A little about how I work:

• I write all lyrics myself.
• I write and perform my own guitar parts.
• Songs are built around original stories and characters.
• I currently use AI-assisted production and vocals because I don't have a permanent vocalist or band.

I've worked with several vocalists already, but I'm looking for someone who could become a recurring collaborator and potentially the primary voice of the project moving forward.

Looking for:

• Strong clean vocals
• Harsh vocals / screams
• Home recording capability
• Interest in dark metal, gothic metal, metalcore, symphonic metal, or related styles

If interested, send me examples of your vocals and tell me a little about yourself. I'll gladly share examples of the project and answer any questions.

Mike

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I just finished the second entry in my Four Gates Cycle and wanted to share it here.

This one is called No Edge Remains (Leviathan).

The first gate, From Dust I Remain (Lilith), was about awakening from imposed identity. Leviathan explores what comes after that, the loosening of the self, the loss of fixed boundaries, and the feeling of being drawn into something older and larger than individual identity.

Rather than treating Leviathan as a monster, I approached it as a symbol of dissolution and the disappearance of separation. The song intentionally moves downward rather than toward triumph, with the visuals focused on descent, surrender, and transformation beneath an endless sea.

Musically it's a mix of gothic metal, dark ritual elements, and atmospheric female vocals. The video was created using AI video tools and stitched together to tell a continuous narrative.

I'd love any feedback on the storytelling, visual consistency, pacing, or ways I can improve future videos.

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Just released my latest music video, No Savior Remains.

This is a hybrid project combining my own guitar work, songwriting, production, editing, and AI visuals. The song is part of Daughters of Shadow, a gothic metal concept album inspired by myth, faith, and horror.

I'm always interested in feedback on both the music and the visual storytelling, especially from others working in with AI videos.

I wanted to share a recent experiment from my project, The Bloody Path Home.

For this track, "Static Prayers," I started with my normal hybrid workflow: writing lyrics, building the arrangement, creating a guide vocal, and developing the overall emotional direction of the song.

The difference was replacing the guide vocal with a live performance from Carolina Padron.

What surprised me most wasn't the vocal quality itself, it was how much the emotional pacing changed. Small details like breath placement, hesitation, phrase endings, and natural imperfections completely altered the feeling of several sections.

The song is built around grief, memory, and loss, and I found that the human performance brought out emotional details that I probably wouldn't have thought to program or edit intentionally.

One lesson I took away from the process is that a guide vocal can communicate melody and structure, but a live vocalist can completely change the emotional interpretation of the material.

For those working in hybrid production, have you found similar changes when replacing guide vocals with live performers? What surprised you most about the transition?

I create dark cinematic metal and gothic music under “The Bloody Path Home,” using a hybrid workflow that combines AI tools with traditional creative direction and production.

My process typically involves:

• writing original lyrics and concepts
• using Suno to build instrument stems and arrangements around guitar melodies, phrasing ideas, and structural concepts
• external mixing and editing
• directing and creating the videos/visuals (often AI-assisted)
• working with guest vocalists
• occasionally integrating my own harsh/death metal vocals
• shaping melodies and song structure on guitar before translating them into the final track

Lately I’ve also been moving further into integrating my own original guitar riffs directly into upcoming songs rather than only using guitar as a compositional guide.

One of my main collaborators right now is Carolina Padron, whose vocals are featured on tracks like “The Shadow’s Embrace” and “Static Prayers.”

For me, the goal isn’t really “look what AI generated,” but: How can these tools become part of a larger creative process?

This track leans heavily into gothic metal, cinematic atmosphere, transformation, and identity collapse.

You can find my work under:
“The Bloody Path Home”
on YouTube, Spotify, and basically anywhere music is streamed.

Would genuinely love feedback from other hybrid creators here, especially people blending AI generation with traditional production, live instrumentation, vocal collaboration, or external editing workflows.

One of the earlier mythic pieces from Bloodstained Dreams, inspired by ancient rebellion, fire, and the daughters of Lilith. This track leans heavily into symphonic darkness, ritual atmosphere, and some of the strongest cinematic visuals I’ve released so far.

Beneath flame and ruin, older things still breathe.

Tried taking a more emotional/cinematic approach with this one instead of pure spectacle or fast cuts. More of a slow collapse atmosphere than a traditional music video. Still experimenting with blending story-driven visuals and gothic metal aesthetics together. Would love feedback on the pacing and overall vibe.