Death Machines
by @danb
Liner Notes
I just play guitar, so everything else is virtual instruments / AI. #metal
Lyrics
We churn the earth into seas of mud and blacken the troubled wind. Beneath our treads run streaks of blood that declare our foes condemned.
[Chorus:] Beasts of steel and steam and ore, death machines for use in war.
They taught us how to burn the sea, to spew forth oil and flame. We learned the secrets of disease, to manufacture plague.
[Chorus] [x2]
But in the night I gaze above the scorched and broken earth, and trace the ancient lines on which the silver stars perch.
And sometimes when the ceaseless fight has roared and raged for hours, I rain fire on the blackened sky to paint a wreath of flowers.
[Chorus] [x4]
Comments
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@wrenarcher Thanks! Yeah, the vocal performance is all AI, though the drums and bass are just normal virtual instruments.
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I'm not a real big metal listener but can appreciate when I hear a good specimen of it. This is amazing! It's crazy to me that that (except for your guitar playing) this is Ai generated. Even the vocals?
It all sounds really cool. I'm digging it.
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Cool track with some excellent riffage. Great metaphor use in the lyric.
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This works. Nice going. The genre is right there at the first strum. The lyrics are meaningful and effective. I think most drummers for the genre bring in heavy cymbals so that could be punched up.