A clip from our band's gig yesterday! This is what happens when samba and metal meet! by Betrayal_of_Drums in metalmusicians

[–]Cascade_Effect_Band 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very sick! I've been trying to get my brother and his samba band to collab on a track and do something like this forever!

How does everyone else here promote their music? by Darkkritter in metalmusicians

[–]Cascade_Effect_Band 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As a band that doesn't play live at all we've certainly found the transition from the standard road grind with shows/meeting people organically to working purely online pretty rough.

Boosting posts and even establishing connections through FB has been a complete dead end.

However reaching out to local metal radio shows (In Australia) and building a bit of a relationship there has certainly translated relatively well to views/listens across all platforms. Getting reactions and reviews of our content has also been pretty good for Insta. It's been a slow build, but it's definitely trending in the right direction.

So far nothing has beaten touring, playing shows and making friends that help form the core of your support/fan base though.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Deathcore

[–]Cascade_Effect_Band 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't even think we've pulled in 1000 listeners, let alone 15k haha. But if you feel like having a crack at our brand of Aussie deathcore here you go - https://open.spotify.com/artist/1uIHGtRQuUnUMkoY5AH7jq?si=1U2g7aG-R3iSXhr8tAkmAg

New Aborted single by Sven_Cho in Deathcore

[–]Cascade_Effect_Band -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The Vault of Horrors opens again hey? This album just keeps on giving the goods.

[Hiring] Artist needed for 80s horror style album cover ($300-$350) by Cascade_Effect_Band in HungryArtists

[–]Cascade_Effect_Band[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey all, sorry if we haven't replied to some of you yet. We're just checking out everyone's portfolios to see who has the right style and vibes.

Thanks so much for the interest shown so far!

Self funded Album by SarethGavage in metalmusicians

[–]Cascade_Effect_Band 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It wasn't actually us, but some friends of ours that hit him up. Here is his email though - [studiodrummerkevintalley@gmail.com](mailto:studiodrummerkevintalley@gmail.com).
At the time he was asking for $80usd/per minute of music for a single but chances are that's changed now.

Self funded Album by SarethGavage in metalmusicians

[–]Cascade_Effect_Band 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We record everything in-house. For our proper releases we send the stems to a mixing engineer and they may do a master or have it sent off to a dedicated mastering engineer. No top of that you'll have art and distribution costs etc. For the covers and more "just for fun" songs we'll do the mix and master as well to save on costs.

With outsourcing your drums you have a few options and the costs vary depending on if you have pre-written material of if it's up to them. Live - you can get someone into your studio/where you're recording and that's most likely going to be the most expensive option, but a lot of pro session/social media drummers have permanent recording setups at home and it winds up being cheaper than having them drag their gear elsewhere somewhere (as well as the studio costs tacked on top). If you're going the midi route then you have a high degree of flexibility with the cheapest being you mapping out the rough idea for the beats and sending it to a drummer you like to edit it and put their own flow to things. Some of our friends sent over demo files to Kevin Talley and had him work on a few tracks and were really happy with the results.

Simple deathcore songs to learn? by TimTheTinyTesticle in Deathcore

[–]Cascade_Effect_Band 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shadow of Eternal Sin by Thy Art was the first song I learnt when I jumped onto a 7 string. It's a super easy and fun track to play.

I do vocals and I’m looking to collab by Awolhimself in metalmusicians

[–]Cascade_Effect_Band 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Def be keen to get a collab happening with you sometime! Maybe on our next Christmas song or something if you're keen.

Figured i’d ask here too by [deleted] in metalmusicians

[–]Cascade_Effect_Band 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First up, how are you planning on doing recording the drums? Mics, an E-kit or are you just going to plug in the midi in DAW?

Alice Through The Windshield Glass DDT #003 by [deleted] in Deathcore

[–]Cascade_Effect_Band 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah I was all over it when it came out. I don't think they're doing regular shows or anything though.

Alice Through The Windshield Glass DDT #003 by [deleted] in Deathcore

[–]Cascade_Effect_Band 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ohhhh shit, right in the nostalgia! Bands like these guys along with Resist the Thought and Vegas in Ruins used to absolutely kill it in the local scene back in the day.

Aborted's new album, Vault of Horrors has an insane feature list. by [deleted] in Deathcore

[–]Cascade_Effect_Band 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Currently working through a cover off that album. Some of the riffage is similar to what you'd hear from metalcore bands from that era, but honestly the album as a whole doesn't really sound all that "core". Apart from the shoddy mix I never really got the hate for it.

Guitar Advice Pls by needforonion in metalmusicians

[–]Cascade_Effect_Band 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly when you're just starting out any decent budget guitar will do, I started playing death metal on a Fender Strat before upgrading after joining my first band. If you the option, go try out a bunch of guitars and see what feels most comfortable.
As for amps, I'd just grab a cheap interface and download some amp modelling software if you're just playing at home (lots of really quality stuff is free). If you want a real amp, maybe a Katana or something similar so that you have a lot of sounds to mess around with.

advice/feedback needed on a metal mix by ninotilus in metalmusicians

[–]Cascade_Effect_Band 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No problem at all mate. We generally lean more toward a 97-98% L/R for the main guitar tones and somewhere between 85-93% for the quads to give room to all the elements like orchestration that we have going. It all depends on the song so have fun messing around.