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▲ 214 r/Djent+1 crossposts

Anyone else tired of overproduced and poorly written guitars in modern metal?

So many modern metal bands rely on plugins and mix the fuck out of their guitars. Everyone's so OCD about getting the perfect sound. Whatever happened to a little mud? A little clipping? A little electrical interference that makes you wonder if your house is up to code? Bring back the danger XD

Sounds fine enough for low-tuned whammy nonsense, but you need some actual riffs and erm notes in between the shenanigans or it just sounds like a five-year-old having a tantrum.

Nobody has their own tone anymore. Same amps, same pedals, same pickups, same tunings, same plugins, same seven-string guitar with the same fucking string gauge. And then they wonder why people are getting bored. Apparently I'm the fucking idiot because I want 300 bands to sound different 😂

I got into metal in 2009–2013, back when I was still a basic bitch rock/blues guy, and even then I could tell the difference between a riff and a minor inconvenience happening to a washing machine.

Now it's just chug chug chug squeal dissonant chord pinch harmonic chug chug chug. The pinches and dissonant chords used to be the fills. Now they automate a wah and an octaver for a one-note fill without even using their fucking foot. Where's the craftsmanship? Where's the man physically stomping on a pedal at precisely the wrong moment?

Give me more real music. More human music. More bands with character. Like Thy Art Is Murder. Beyond Creation. Conquering Dystopia. Within the Ruins. Mick Gordon. Bloodshot Dawn. Currents. Invent Animate. Shokran. Rings of Saturn. Arch Echo. Vitriol.

You know, bands that sound completely different from each other.

Maybe try something different instead of spamming cheesy thall riffs. How did we evolve from needlessly complex and technical djent-style guitar playing to this one-note, boring nonsense?

Honestly, man, I wish djent and thall would just die already. Melodic metalcore was a mistake.

Anyway, djentslop hell yeah.

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u/2453flowerstreet — 3 days ago
▲ 29 r/Djent+1 crossposts

Automation and drum midi doing all the work here

Ok maybe not…it’s surprisingly tough getting the timing right on a riff like this. One 16th note off and the whammy doesn’t really work out.

Proud to say that, despite all the video editing, it is technically a one take 😅

Song is a demo for my band: Blackbile

Check us out and click bellow for more action

plumbrano at IG - TT - YT

u/spectreco — 11 days ago
▲ 75 r/animalsasleaders+2 crossposts

One of those riffs you loop until you get right

Harder than it looks tbh

I was debating doing one of those videos where you play it a little faster and title it “Red Miso at 110%” speed” just so I can rush through it

But the hard part is keeping it steady…. it’s kinda how you get that jagged, odd time groove that Animals as Leaders does so well!

plumbrano at IG - TT - YT

djent band: Blackbile
slam band: Throwing Rocks

u/spectreco — 15 days ago
▲ 12 r/Djent

we FINALLY have a Rainbow Machine plugin

I was able to recreate the iconic intro riff of SOFT SPINE by SPIRITBOX using the Noise Suite by Avalanche Tones

Won’t need my pedal anymore I guess

Also using the Chainsaw Suite “Baritone Clarity” preset before my amp, HOLY TONE 🤤

Excited to have these tools in my arsenal!!

u/spectreco — 23 days ago
▲ 73 r/Djent

The hardest Periphery riff I’ve ever learned….

Ok, the only Periphery riff I’ve ever learned, so technically…true.

I thought I’d share a pitch shifting secret from my Ableton Live sessions.

I automate Warp controls on my DI, until I get some happy accidents, then feed the audio to my amp modeler.

Try it out! If you don’t use Live, you way want to try it ;)

plumbrano at IG - TT - YT

djent band: Blackbile
slam band: Throwing Rocks

u/spectreco — 25 days ago
▲ 10 r/SlamDeathMetal

MAMAAAAA

clip of our song SLINGING NUKES

if you like this you should know we're playing our first show next Thursday!

Moe's - 3295 S Broadway
Englewood, CO 80113
United States

be there to catch these hands

u/spectreco — 1 month ago
▲ 77 r/MetalBass+1 crossposts

Drum programming doing all the work here….

Although I have to admit, it was surprisingly hard to keep the groove steady when the beat was all over the place.

plumbrano at IG - TT - YT

djent band: Blackbile
slam band: Throwing Rocks

u/spectreco — 1 month ago