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I've been playing guitar for over 20 years now, but only started singing (ok, screaming...) about a year and a half ago. I always wanted to make music on my own and finally I got to the point I felt good enough to do it. It took me a lot of hours and sleepless nights to make this song and I'm very happy with the result - give it a listen and tell me what you think! :)

The song is a standalone release called "Different." I recorded it as a preview for a full album that is at the mixing stage right now and hopefully I will be able to release it soon. This specific song is not a part of the album, though.

NO AI WAS USED IN THIS SONG! 

For gear nerds like me: 

* Guitars: Mostly recorded on a Les Paul with DiMarzio D-Activator and Super 3 pickups (I love this combination and have been using it for a long time). On some solos, I used my ESP Mystique. 

* Bass: Yamaha RBX 775

* Vocals: Shure SM7

* Drums: Samples from Superior Drummer and Steven Slate Trigger

You can stream the full 15 minutes here: 

https://orcd.co/eakblqo 

Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df6e9AGHYMo\

Hello. Over the past few weeks, I've found myself immersed in a search that is lately exhausting me, as I am looking for a very particular sound. It all started when I began to reevaluate Sunn O))), and from there, I discovered Nadja's early albums. Since those discoveries, I've found several excellent bands, but somehow they don't quite meet the requirements of what I’m looking for. I'll try to describe it:

• I am looking for a sonic slowness that is glacial, as if making incredibly slow dark ambient but with doom and drone instrumentation.
• The vocals should be clean, not guttural or harsh. For example, I immensely enjoyed "I Shall Die Here" by The Body, but the screaming repels me.
• Corrupted also fascinated me musically, but it was all ruined when the vocalist started singing.
• Bismuth is relatively close to what I want, but they only have two albums.
• Nadja's early albums are almost exactly what I'm looking for, but their later albums are more melodic, with more conventional compositions.
• I liked Jesu's "Heart Ache", although the vocals don't fascinate me. I would like something more whispered and ethereal or something totally instrumental.
• Someone recommended Inoha when I mentioned my search for cleaner, ethereal vocals. It's not bad, but it's like listening to a heavy version of Lycia, and that's not what I'm looking for.
• Albums that I have liked and that have come somewhat close to what I'm looking for: KTL's first album; "Unavailing" by Bismuth; "Let the Earth Be Silent" by Fvnerals; "Ceremony of Stillness" by A-Sun Amissa; "Weighing Souls with Sand" by The Angelic Process (even though it hardly resembles the sound I'm looking for at all, it's a wonderful album). And above all, my favorite album to come out of this entire search: "Touched" by Nadja.

Apologies for the wall of text and the phrasing. English is not my first language, and I am also tired from staying up late the past few days listening to records. Any help will be eternally appreciated.

First single from my new album, 'The Depths' which will be out sometime later this year.

'The Depths' is a reimagined journey through Hell (Inferno) as told by Dante Alighieri in 'The Divine Comedy'. More info to come.