Said I'd post this here if anyone is interested. I've slowly put together an EP, "Bell Nails", over the course of the year. It is done since the weekend and online today. If you like a bit of odd electronic/industrial/metal/rock, you might enjoy this. Synth and Drum Machine heavy, layers of guitars and noise, a few samples, all DIY, mostly stuck together in my house. It's up for free download at bandcamp at the link below. All feedback appreciated. Cheers for checking it out!
ochoill.bandcamp.com (https://ochoill.bandcamp.com/)
Don't know what to put in as FFO, but it is inspired by the likes of Nine Inch Nails, Faith No More, Devin Townsend, Foetus, Killing Joke, Ulver, Type O, and one very particular bit of Green Velvet.
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Just listened to Lucid Heart there man and I'm mightily impressed.
I'll give the EP a good listen to later at home.
Quote from: Kurt Cocaine on November 30, 2020, 01:49:33 PM
Just listened to Lucid Heart there man and I'm mightily impressed.
I'll give the EP a good listen to later at home.
Glad you liked it, cheers for giving it a go!
Very cool, John. Nice mix of heavy guitars and synthy stuff. Vox are cool too.
Quote from: Emphyrio on November 30, 2020, 03:44:08 PM
Very cool, John. Nice mix of heavy guitars and synthy stuff. Vox are cool too.
Thanks! Putting both the Microfreak and Drumbrute to good use for this one.
Yeah it's really cool. I can hear a bit of GGFH and Lycia in there which is right up my alley.
Quote from: Anton Arcane on November 30, 2020, 09:14:04 PM
Yeah it's really cool. I can hear a bit of GGFH and Lycia in there which is right up my alley.
Thanks! I have a fondness for that sort of industrial alright lol
Spiral reminds me of Akercocke or maybe more like Voices actually. Well the first half of it anyway, and the second half a bit as well now it's on here
Ochoill - "Considerations" (2021)
https://ochoill.bandcamp.com
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I've released another EP of my own stuff today - if you enjoyed the last one, you might like this, though it's a little different. These are some tracks from the writing and recording of the last EP, Bell Nails, that didn't make the cut, mostly from being too varied/different to the five that got on there. These are left as instrumentals, released to finish them off, and vary from electronic rock, to rave, to drone. It's not metal. It's up for free as usual, so download away, Feedback appreciated. Cheers!
Said I'd resurrect this for another quick little recording I put together over the last few weeks.
nilim.bandcamp.com
Just meself, guitar and drum machine. Slow and heavy, purposefully stripped back. Gave it another name to do more in this vein or noisier, ultimately (with stuff as ochoill being things I will never actually play live lol).
Cheers for listening.
Listening to "Cardinal Points"
'Galathea' is layered nicely
'Challenger' has a nice menacing feel to it; fairly warped in parts, especially with the guitar jangling & change in the bass line
'Mariana' meanders a bit aimlessly, even if trying to be a bit soundtracky. I do like the droning at the end though 8)
Nílim starts off great with 'Unending Ground'
The vocals suit it too
Would be immense live
There's a nice 'Earth' feel to some of the chord progressions (are you a fan?)
Almost cinematic in parts
Really cool track sir
The transition into 'Weighted' is great
Nice doomy/noisy riffing
Would be great to hear this slowed down more, with a full-on/filthy sound
Screaming vocals in the 2nd half would 'lift' it nicely
Great work!
Really enjoyed it
The price of a can fired over to you there (I know, big spender)
Sound, cheers for giving it a spin, glad you enjoyed them!
I forgot about Cardinal Points lol, something I did with one of my brothers basically over two improv sessions one weekend. Always meant to do more, we just fucked off somewhere with a table of synths and hit record for most of it.
Nílim is really good. I like it.
Quote from: ochoill on April 15, 2025, 01:09:03 PM... something I did with one of my brothers basically over two improv sessions one weekend. Always meant to do more, we just fucked off somewhere with a table of synths and hit record for most of it.
Inspired stuff !!! :abbath:
Quote from: Eoin McLove on April 15, 2025, 01:16:27 PMNílim is really good. I like it.
Cheers! Hoping to do more like that and will probably have another 3 or 4 songs up in a few months.
This is really damn good.
Quote from: Yung Led Zeppelin on April 15, 2025, 10:39:53 PMThis is really damn good.
Cheers! I imagined it would be up your alley alright for the slow and bleak
Ya, it's very good. What did you use for drums, sham?
Quote from: Emphyrio on April 16, 2025, 10:56:40 AMYa, it's very good. What did you use for drums, sham?
Cheers! It's MT Power Kit. Great little VST.
I have it set so each piece goes out to a different channel in the DAW for more processing, so I can limit the fuck out of everything and distort the snare etc. Going for a very hard hitting machine sound. In general though you get a decent real kit sound out of it too, it's versatile, worth a look in.
Ya, that's the yoke I use too, but wouldn't have the wherewithal to set it up all fancy like you :laugh:
For that kinda craic I put the drumbrute through a pedalboard.
Quote from: Emphyrio on April 16, 2025, 03:05:32 PMYa, that's the yoke I use too, but wouldn't have the wherewithal to set it up all fancy like you :laugh:
For that kinda craic I put the drumbrute through a pedalboard.
You'll be delighted to know I use the drumbrute as a controller when I am writing too, I just run MT using the pads on it over MIDI. Great piece of gear.
Now you've entered the realm of gobbledegook :laugh: I thought I was being fancy putting a drum machine through FX!
This Nìlim is going down a treat on a rainy Saturday morning watching an u10 hurling blitz
Quote from: astfgyl on April 19, 2025, 10:45:30 AMThis Nìlim is going down a treat on a rainy Saturday morning watching an u10 hurling blitz
Cheers for the spin! Lol yeah it is designed for a bit of bleak weather
Couple of spins of the Nílim EP there today while working. Great stuff to compliment the last few days where I've mainly been listening to Neurosis and Godflesh.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on May 08, 2025, 03:12:19 PMCouple of spins of the Nílim EP there today while working. Great stuff to compliment the last few days where I've mainly been listening to Neurosis and Godflesh.
Cheers, glad you enjoyed it! Mad to do more now that I've broke the back on it but I won't get a chance again for a few weeks :laugh:
I've this on again. Think it's my favourite of yours tbh
Edit: yeah definitely
Quote from: astfgyl on May 10, 2025, 11:36:28 AMI've this on again. Think it's my favourite of yours tbh
Edit: yeah definitely
Cheers, ah I dunno I still think anything I do has a hard time topping that Antihuman CDR that had nine separate versions of "The Rabbit" on it.
Chuffed to see it turn up on a List of new releases (https://metalstorm.net/pub/article.php?article_id=2594) over on Metalstorm, I did no promo for it beyond posting here and my Instagram so it is nice to see people coming across it themselves and enjoying it too.
The only thing missing from that CDR was another couple of versions of the same tune and it would have been perfect