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Empire
Rabauw
An ancient emperor, old, withered and crippled, knowing the end has come and death is just a matter of days, is writing down his memories, and strikes a balance of his life: “For more than 50 years, I have commanded and conquered, and expanded my empire. So many countries I have united as one. So many tribes I have conquered. So many blood has been shed in my name, under my sign and banner. And still poverty remains. And still corruption reigns. For more than 50 years, my sole purpose was to bring stability and prosperity… For what was it all worth…?” I started this song somewhere in February or March of this year, and now it’s finally finished. A 10-minute ride through a mix of thrashy attacks, with calmer doomy parts and lots of dreamy solos. It turned out just the way I wanted to. Close your eyes and fly back into ancient times… ---- Servants pour wine in my chalice The troubadour sings of my heroic deeds All the known world loves and fears me as I write my memories You control that what fears you Hence my reign of terror With iron fist I ruled and built an empire The will to expand has led me to the vastest regions and lands Through years of war and bloodshed we’ve finally come to peace Much is owed to the innumerable men that gave their life Who fought and died to defend lord and land For what was it all worth…? All my life the soil was painted bloodred And I hope it was for the very last time Time and again I’ve strived to bring prosperity To end the suffering for the very last time You control that what fears you Hence my reign of terror With iron fist I ruled and built an empire The will to expand has led me to the vastest regions and lands Through years of war and bloodshed we’ve finally come to peace For what was it all worth…? Much will be owed to the innumerable men that will give their life Who will needlessly fight and die to defend a corrupted land
Thanks man! What do you mean exactly with "weird features"? You mean about the solos? Cos all that's in the song, was meant to be there. Happy to be different :-)
Hmm, there's no particular effect on the cymbals but maybe I could lower the volume a bit. I know what you mean about the guitars and I actually tried it the way you just mentioned but then the mix all fucked up ;-). The way it sounds now is the best balance I could give to the song and to my satisfaction.
Thanx RSN, Volture and rf! Don't know Edge of Sanity but yeah I think Rotting Christ still exists. Grotus?? Never heard of, don't know them at all.
Exxellent ^^ lov the dramatic, and epic atmo, and the quadripple bassdrum ^^ thx for being different ^^ Good voice m8, melody has wierd features at some points, maybe it could be bettered, anyway phat track ^^
Are you aware of the fact that you're putting lots of pressure on yourself? Even though your output of songs in 2007 was fairly small compared to previous years, the quality has risen once again. Scars of Penelope and this one must be your most accomplished works to date...I wonder if 2008 will bring even better works, I'm eager to find out. This is an epic and massive tale, of which I think I'm not qualified to criticise it. Sound, structure and transitions are great, atmosphere is even better...love that industrial sounding start. The one (and only) thing I kind of expected were a few bended notes in your leading instrument/solo thingy. What a great Christmas gift this is...
wohowhwowhwowhwowhowhowhwohw the return of mr Rabauwwwwwww.... very good dramatic track .... 10' 37"....plz do you like "Grotus"?..... :))
I realy like, used to be into metal couple of years ago.. only thing is that I believe mixing & mastering could be a bit better thumb up
Vocals are kinda special... But I did like the instrumental parts.
The solos are very convincable and long enough to please my solo-loving-ears. The one at 8'08" till 9'05" is the best but the end of the song after "For what was it all worth" is killing me... Very good! Their are some very very good parts - personnaly I prefer the part after the break around 6'30". A very epic story that takes us by the hand. I've noticed that when you insert the story behind a song it all sounds more convincing than just posting a song and saying sumtin' like "Hear, eat this..." as for structure... this song has enough variation not to bore a second now the less good parts/elements: in the final part the hihats are a bit too much upfront and don't sound very clear, it's like there is an effect on it. It sounds a bit plastic. The leading synth is a tad too loud compared to the sound of the guitar that could have a little more crisp... now it sounds a bit muted (I've said that before - that's just my taste) Anyway, a big thumbs up - if it wasn't for the work, it is for the variation, the metal, the vocals, the structure and originality.
Really awesome track man! Reminded me of "edge of sanity" and "rotting christ", don't really know if these bands still exist today though ;) no really, very nice to hear some metal on ebel, as I already said to you once, this is the stuff I like very much: metal that takes you away, makes you float on the waves of the slow dark doomy guitarplay. nice man, thumbs way up!