Degauss
by @fortelmfield · @emplate
Liner Notes
Fort Elmfield: Trying something a little heavier and more dissonant than usual.
The first version of this was uploaded on February 8th without vocals, and then the incredibly powerful @emplate stepped up and not only wrote a full set of lyrics, but also recorded two dubs that I've now managed to mix in, and the track has become complete - honestly wasn't expecting to do anything like this for FAWM this year, but I think it's turned out really well!
To give context to some of the earlier comments below before the new version was uploaded, I had originally asked someone to supply some Mikael Åkerfeldt-style growls!
Emplate: Though Mikael Åkerfeldt I am not (especially at his peak he had one of the most brutal sounds, and he's also a good lyricist, I think), I hope I did the track justice. With the vocals I didn't even try to emulate an Opeth sound but rather went with what comes out of me naturally, but I guess with lyrics I tried to lean that way a tiny bit. Always fun to do these kind of collabs, especially to a beast of a song such as this one!
#metal #instrumental #heavy #7string #dissonance #doom #growling #deathmetal
Lyrics
Turning towards north To face the south Stripped of cover Laid bare Under the sky's eye
A distance unbreakable Like a severed hand Reaching towards emptiness Solitude of the blind
A voyage cut short Ambitions sunk In polar eclipse
Comments
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Those riffs are all classics, the vocals stellar. Production is top-notch, too. So, so good.
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damn, this could be opeth, or maybe mastodon played at 16bpm!!
sick riffs, staggering from the sea-sick to the demented. great solo as well.
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This f#+king rocks! The riff with the slidings is a killer!
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I knew from the first five seconds that I'd love this! Filling Åkerfeldt's boots isn't a simple feat, but the vocals work great here.
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Damn, I LOVE the awkward, slippery riff that this opens with! I'm getting Ihsahn vibes off this too... I can't do his style of vocals, but could really imagine them over this.
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Very heavy riffs! It's kind of like death/doom version of the old Opeth. As in, very much to my liking. I could maybe try some growling on top of this, if you'd be okay with that. You can check out my vocal style on my profile's songs.
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Gojira called and they want you to substitute them for a gig or ten. Awesome stuff, can't growl though
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I looooove Opeth and you definitely get the style of their heavier and older songs. The guitar run and growls yay! The production is ace