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Post by Sethlad on Jan 13, 2005 2:24:03 GMT 2
Well people, I hope you don't mind me advertising my band here. If you do, let's create a whole new thread called "introduce your band here" if not... I'll continue. As I told before, I sing and play in a band called Hordes of Yore. We now have some samples up from 2 songs, so go check it out at www.myspace.com/hordesofyore It's still a rough mix, and unmastered. So it's basically just a sneak preview hehehe. It is NOT representative of the final "product" so to speak... Listen to the songs and please feel free to post any opinions here. They are ALL very welcome. The album is hopefully coming out before summer... hopefully. Thanks!
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Post by Svartalv on Jan 13, 2005 11:11:59 GMT 2
considering it's an uncouth version it isn't all that bad, but the vocals will need some work on i guess, though i may be far off as i rarely listen to black metal; i like the oriental/iberic feel of -Dementia Wears a Laurel...- (leaf?) a lot, and that might just be the thing to set you apart from the average black/folk metal bands springing up nowadays
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Post by Sethlad on Jan 13, 2005 12:35:44 GMT 2
Thanks.
But I must tell you the vocals won't be touched in any way. hehehehe They will be as they are, completely direct and with no effects at all, sounding just as I screamed them unto the mic.
I'm not a big fan of tampering with vocals...
Anway, indeed the beggining of Dementia is inspired in traditional Souther-Iberian music, mainly from the Arabic time, when the Muslims ruled this place. (And when they were 1000 more evolved and open-minded than all Christian realms in every way possible).
There aren't that many folk parts in our music, not yet, but our future recordings will most probably have.
Keep those opinions coming...
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Post by MaliceGarden on Jan 13, 2005 14:55:12 GMT 2
of course, the muslims ruled a small part in Iberia for a little while compared to the rest. :]
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Post by Blackmoon on Jan 13, 2005 15:41:14 GMT 2
There aren't that many folk parts in our music, not yet, but our future recordings will most probably have. Good, since folkish parts were the only thing I can say I missed in those samples. Otherwise I like them alot. Good stuff
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Post by Scalawag on Jan 13, 2005 19:07:09 GMT 2
yep, not bad, not bad at all, but i'm missing more folk parts too... would be nice to hear some oriental/iberic flavored black metal... and to spread it through the Middle-East... hey, the muslims (the conquerors of Al-Andaluz (Iberic penninsular) were actually Moors (Berbers) not Arabs, although some were there too) gave Europe hygene, algebra, math (a thing i resent to this day ;D), good food, the lute and a shitload of other useful stuff, so let's export folk-metal ;D and make up for at least something...like... ummm... falafel? ;D
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Post by MaliceGarden on Jan 13, 2005 20:32:00 GMT 2
they were arabes, at least they turned or were turned into arabs, because the arabs from middle east invaded north africa.
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Post by Scalawag on Jan 13, 2005 22:52:41 GMT 2
just because they were using arabic script and used the language itself occassionaly (official and religious language, except for some sufic orders) doesn't mean they were Arabs, they were partially arabised Moors, but that's it... just like i'm using the latin alphabet and english language right now, but i'm neither... the Maghreb dynasties became independent from Damascus and Baghdad quite early anyway... so the muslims coming to Iberia were for the most part Moors, albeit a bit arabized (like most muslims, and just like christians became romanized/graecisized (?))
ranting 3rd year student of history who dares not not to have the final word in such matters ;D
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Post by MaliceGarden on Jan 14, 2005 18:23:26 GMT 2
it seems taht were romans were christianized and not the opposite. just a thought.
they were under arab domain, no?
and by the way, thks for the info, because now i have an idea where the name that we call to the ppl of the "south" of Portugal came from.
your degree is more connected to europe or you also study far east asia history?of course, not the one that is directly related to europe.
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Post by Sethlad on Jan 14, 2005 19:34:24 GMT 2
HMmmmm if ya want to discuss Iberian history, create a thread and I'll be happy to participate.
But keep this on topic please, if you having something to say about the samples or any opinions, feel free to share them... thanks.
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Post by Hittavainen on Jan 14, 2005 19:48:10 GMT 2
Hmm, not so original, but sounds good metal to me.
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Post by twilightheart on Jan 14, 2005 20:37:31 GMT 2
HMmmmm if ya want to discuss Iberian history, create a thread and I'll be happy to participate. But keep this on topic please, if you having something to say about the samples or any opinions, feel free to share them... thanks. Muhahaha.... Sethlad is taking over moderator-behaviour! ;D So, about your band again: will you ever play live (in little pubs in your area... for free for the people or whatever)?
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Post by Grimner on Jan 14, 2005 22:58:26 GMT 2
they were arabes, at least they turned or were turned into arabs, because the arabs from middle east invaded north africa. The romans invaded and occupied Iberia for 400 years and we're not Italic. The Moors occupied Portugal for 400 years ( And spain for 700) and we're not Arabs. The greeks occupied Egypt, Judea, and babylon, and neither of those were greek. There's a huge difference between aculturation and substituting an ethnicity. But I digress. The point here is for people to either tell us that we rule or that we suck. So, thanks for the opinions, people.
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Post by Grimner on Jan 14, 2005 23:10:29 GMT 2
Muhahaha.... Sethlad is taking over moderator-behaviour! ;D So, about your band again: will you ever play live (in little pubs in your area... for free for the people or whatever)? We certainly hope to play as much as possible. We still don't have a permanent drummer per se but we're hoping that the one who did the album will agree to do some shows with us.
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Post by Scalawag on Jan 15, 2005 1:05:00 GMT 2
it seems taht were romans were christianized and not the opposite. just a thought. they were under arab domain, no? and by the way, thks for the info, because now i have an idea where the name that we call to the ppl of the "south" of Portugal came from. your degree is more connected to europe or you also study far east asia history?of course, not the one that is directly related to europe. okay, my last rant about this "co-topic" ;D Grimner put it very well, but with romans and xians: there is a roman-catholic church or isn't it? romanised as in culture, law and language (partially)... most of Europe is romanised other parts graecisized, a few turcisized (Bosnia, Albania) or arabized (Malta) or something other to some degree... cultures intertwine, they rarely stay "pure" ...in remote jungles deserts, islands i'm still deciding (hence 3rd year) from where to get my degree, but it'll probably be 16th-17th century Slovenia or medieval central Balkans (Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro)...
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